The Irish standard., 1886-12-04

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dancing, singing, etc. Every night
Irish national songs were given, and
the cheer that would g' up after the
rendering from Irish throats was in.
spiriting. Many cheer was given for
Parnell and Gladstone; many warm
cheer was given for the dear old land
left behind. One of the first nights,
when at rosary Devotion, some big
burly English fellows got on with a lot
of jeering and Interruptions. They
mustered about five to our one. Every
one of us jumped up; wehad, no doubt,
some fine fellows among us, so few of
our fellows stood out. told them that if
they had anything to say to US to say 1T
now, but not disrespect our religion,
that we would not have it there. Hot
words passed, and 1 tell you the end
! that night might have been dreadful if
one blow was struck; but, thank God.
there was not even one remark passed
while we were at prayers. I firmly be-
lieve now, had it come to blows, that
our little party would almost clear
them, they were so determined. This
was the only difference we had, and
from that up nothing could have been
better than the way all
TIE PASSENGERS AGREED SO WELL.
1t must be admitted there was a little
of the rough element. but in what ship
will it not be found? We were sailing
for two days and half by the English
coast; on the third we were into the
Bay of Biscay, which took us the day
to get through. 1t was remarkably
calm there From the fourth day to
the sixth we were passing down by the
coast of sunny Spain, and on the sixth
we were moving through the Mediter-
ranean, Spain at one side and Africa at
the other; every day we were we'll in
sight Of land; on thu seventh day, or
during that night, l felt for the first
time was on sea. All that night the
vessel heaved very much. things rolled
about on all sides, not one slept, and
next morning got properly seasick,
but there was one consolation, hum
dreds of others were in similar plight.
should mention on the sixth day we
passed Gibraltar, and it is rock surely;
it is most formidable looking place,
with any amount of cannon peering
out of the solid rock; it is very fine
fol ti6cation. On the other side is Al
giers, held by the French. could see
both we'll with The naked eye. From
once we entered the Mediterranean we
saw numbers of flying fish, dolphins,
etc. 1t is lovely sea; the water was a
magnificent color-a beautiful blue
shade. For some days going through
it, we We're out OF signto Of land. The
coast of Spain we always kept near to,
and it is lovely coast, something like
our own beautiful coast at home, 5ut
much more fertile-looking, and it is
truly STYLED IS The Sunny Land, for the
sun seemed to be always shining there.
The passage all through
THE MEDITERRANEAN WAS BEAUTIFUL
and 1 enjoyed it very much. Every
day was getting warmer as we were adj
vancing. On the twelfth day, which
was June 16, we landed in Port Said.
may tell you, in all the ports we landed
at, none were allowed to leave the ship.
We took in coal aud wafer here, and
any amount of the natives came out to
us selling fruit, cigars, tobacco, trink-
cts, eggs, etc. Some were permitted on
board. Those are the regular Egypt
ians-a deep-brown skinned people-in
fact, almost black; they look a dirty lot,
and just as they were represented at the
last war, they seem to be cowardly
lot. A party of young natives came
out in little canoes. just to see those
little fellows diving for pence was
something astonishing; they seemed
to be mure fish than hum I'll. In the
port there were any amount Uf vessels,
for just couple of hundred yards from
where we were is the opening of the
Surz Canal. The town itself seems
very new. ALL the houses appear to be
built of brick or timber, with veran-
dahs. We lefC this place next morning
and moved up through the Suez Canal,
aud from this we felt the heat.
THE sUEZ CANAL
is about eighty five miles in length, in
Guiding twenty-five miles called the
.'Bitter lake." No vessel is permitted
to travel quicker than Eve miles per
hour when going through, and all YES
sells have to stop at sunset. In some
parts, no more than one vessel can
~ ss; and in other parts, two can.
There are good number of signal
stations III it, 80 that vessels coming
up or down are signalled to, to put into
the 81 e, to let one pass. Some parts
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