Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-11
SHORT CUT TO INDIA.
Advantage of tho susz Canal Route
Over tho Caravan and Cape Voyage.

Over tho Caravan and Cape Voyage.
There are three different routes 10
ihuia known 10 eastern travellers, the
APE voyage, the overland road, and
'ia me buez canal. Thackeray, the
hoFeiist, who was born in India, was
saAsn 10 England when child by way
~ the cape OF Good Hope and St Hell
ma where he saw Napoleon then in
'A1ie, ~ was journey OF months. The
o1etlahd journey was a matter OF
weeks, and now the trip can be made
'Hlough the suez canal in a few days.
Inc Suez canal is in some respects
me most wonderful waterway in the
world As soon as the traveller enters
ne realizes that he is IN the hands OF
the French, A French speaking pilot
takes possession OF the shin and all Of
lesEs or the canal are Frenchmen The
safes' or turn-outs, where a ship waits
y let anothe pass. are in charge OF
90 French soldiers, and II is charming
% see how they beautify their arid
surroundings. When the sand Of the
aesert Is watered Il almost bursts with
lowers. and at every care is neatly
painted little house. and blooming
garden, while grass edges the canal
ana The dreariest region on earth is
transformed by French thrift One OF
We most Interesting nights of the cam
Al N early days was To see one ship
meet another, The passengers on each
( crowded forward with greetings, and
the waving Of handkerchiefs. and there
We're tears from the outward bound at
the thought OF what the homeward
bound were soon 10 see. The meeting
of ships Is now no longer a novelty.
once encountered the KhediYe Tew-
hks yacht, with his harem on board,
as we passed through the canal. OF
course we caught no glimpse Of the
ladies', but Tewhk and De Lesseps.
Mbo Was his guest. came out on the
sponsor beam 10 greet US. and we
manned the yards with native soldiers
tn honor OF the two
The canal passage is made in from
seventeen 20 twenty-four hours, ana
sinee the use of powerful electric lights
has made night navigation IN the canal
possible the journey from England 70
iht.iH Is made with few serious delays.
u used 10 be that all the coal for ships
itaFerEing the Red Sea was carried
across the islhmus on the backs Of
sAnels. Ships now commonly coal AZ
Port Said One 81 the curious features
o. navigation III the canal and the Red
Sea Il the absence Of large sailing
crafts The Red Sea is 80 hemmed in
with mountains on either coast that
tho progress of large sailing ship
would be extremely slow and attended
with danger from sudden squalls Such
a passage u the Red Sea would be al
most iutolcrable. FOR the heat is oppres-
slre and the m0notony az the arid
sand hills ashore Il tedious beyond eX-
preston There are lighthouses along
the shores. and there IL no drearier LOT
than that Qf the lighthouse keeper on
the Red sea 50 well Is this fact recog-
nized that the keepers. recruited from
among the old sailors az a well-known
steamship company. used to be re-
licycd once a month. and their friends
were accustomed 20 keep the light
house supplied with great number Of
magazines. illustrated papers, and the
like. 20 while away the time Few per-
sons On this side of the world realize
that the ser Is 1900 miles long