Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-03-02

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the way 10 . mo.i barren ssa0y desert,
Tho s;sije for aboui 50 miles from Port
Said 10 covered ty tie lake, | saw more
! Wild fowls II the lake than | ever saw lie.
fore IN my lifs, all put together. Millions
upon millions Of s;orks covered the shallow
marshes and in sorne places Ihe dry sand.
Ala dis;sacs soue,itn. iley looked lite
whole sTmies OF men dressed in while and
nIarch,nx along 10 perfrc, order battalion
fr.Dt. On the cas-, site, with the exception
Of Az occasional marsh, is q BARR, waste
OF sand. Here aud there .srsc drifts made
' the wind afford land marks Tor the cara.
rams. When the wind blows the sand
clouds IRE something awful. | forgot 10
tell you, When we approached the coa,; on
our way 10 Fort Said the wind was blow
irs oil shore. The atmosphere for twenty
miles 10 sea was cloudcd with sand, look
| ing TO us as We approached, all the world
like n fox. only it b,d a duh brownish cast
instead Of being white. You can imagine
how uncomfortable II isiJ get your ears.
eyes, nose aud mouth fGll Of these tue par
tic!e, OF sand. However, i, VA not pesrIy
80 bad a. | thought it would be before We
got well into IT,. Here sud there sloue the
route Ofthe canal you set li,.le Arab sill.
| lagos, aud the carsvans Of csmels trul.ius
along ulLer huge loads ,luns oyer tho
back. The laigss; caravan | saw was Il.
bout one hundred and tfty csmels. They
were strung out for distance Of over tAree
miles as neat as ! could suess and | could
only ste one man 10 manage them all. lie
was at the head ofiha liue walking along
side of the leader. Tho rest OF the camel,
trudgeG along lehind with their iony way.
ing strides. Sometimes when our ship was
tied up at the side to let some vessel pass.
we amused ourselves THROWN. psenuie.
over Ia the sand for the little Arab urchins
10 scramble for. lfby chsnee one Of the
pennies fell iuto the water, over board two
or three would dive and the lucky one
would come up with it iu his mouth.
There are u wonderfully interesting peo.
pie they look picturesque In their long
robes and turbsns and solemn coun:cuan.
ces aud 10 see them praying right out In the
desert, rising and falling ls, out Oh their
faces In the sand.
We arrived III isnailia about two O'Clock
and staid over all night, starting out for
Sl,cz the next morning. lsmai!ia is at the
half way pom. in the canal on the Bitter
Lakes. This OWN is named after The
hhtdiye who built 1t 10 celebrate the nrst
opening Of the canal. 70 make 4, habi.
table a fresh water canal was dug through
to the Nile. A most Leautifui'7alace was
erected for the Princess Eusenis and her
train. This canal and the palace together
with the pretty flower gardens etc. is SAID
to have cost the Khed:ve twenty million
dollars. The Princess had a right royal
welcome and great was the ponlp and show
of luxury. But alas! the Golfers of Egypt
had been long before drained Of their gold
and all this was done on borrowed money.
Oh, se,. every ono would loan money 10
tho High khediys etc, etc, and lie un-
suspectiugly accepted what wa. SO easy 10
grasp and fattering ~ possess, but the Day
ofreckoning came at las! and the RESULT
Well, consult your history and look at tie
"Engli'h army OF Occupation that win *.
plain it ali better than | can.
Leaving lsmailis we took The second
BALI Of the route, startin. out al day lish,
OF the second day. We arrived IN Suez :,
1850 r. IN, We only remained here oue
hour aud then started on our trip through
the Red Sea. Looking over these vast
tracts Of linilless sand has an inle.crib=blc
charm to me. The wonderful isthul. Of
Sinai ttrei ches uut Oh The len q comlils;s
wilderness, with here aud there \ sandy
mountain touring thousands ofiee,. Near
to the southern end stsud. Mount siu,i,
every Iot the same no doubt 4. it .tood
when Noses descended nom /. w.,atke two
isbles Of stone. A few mile, below sutz
on the east bank is 70 Le ,ecn the well
where Moses found water AM tie p..Hl
!ret after The crossing OF the .ea, :, l.s,,
tradition ixe. this =s Ii. place. sul Il
seem. very reasonable, Lccauts there ire
the green trees "a : clutter and 10. 4 liz.
log plan. for miles upon miles around.
Tradition also has i,thst ID. plae. ub.rs
the Children Of Isr.sl creased over i, ju..
below suez. Blu, think iae best O, "a.
taor'iy claims THE part o. TIE s.a h.s since
been filed in, the water recedins tor.
miles 20 the South. NJ that lime The arm q
tie ses extended up 10 the Bitter Lak,,.
AMP It WI. L.gAff ~ That tie rhii9-.u
crotstd oyer. That Track /, bow ,,sr. d
tie desert. IN ioo1lus over ih. uiid.rnss.
II d'ef'nt tate you loug ~ becoir. impres,.
ed With the nature Q. he priyalioBs lin.
beset this wonderful race. and notlspr
abort Of Divine iniei ,ent.on couid ha,,
sufheel to keep them irom peri .hipg. II /.
not 10 be wandered at that they cried unit
Nose. 70 b. allowed 10 70 back aud ,err,
Their masters In peace and quiet. a. "a
~ your eye can reach nothing but ho'
tsnd, WITH here and there : rock, pr.tipi
tous mountsiu peal. but never any rieu O.
life. A riidsrne" indeed and to-day .x
acily asst va. Thousands Of yearsago.
Gun trip down the Red Sea wa, perfsc'
dream. The hiYi.ts were IN The full u ID,
moon and Without = .pe.k Of cload 10 uasl
its beauty. The Atmosphere i. % clear the,
the star. In 8 moonlight hight slime viii
~"oDdrou, brillispet. The sea Was Al
smooth ~ amill pesa. niaii VI. got dow /,
near TIE lover sne nber We lad som,
sone rough bsas, The soniL- -. Wind
from the Iafssr otsfn csins up s.siu.t III,
high .ssds lsps, 80 feet on the Africa
oJsst sec are dstseisa up the narrow open
Ing OF tie ksd Sea nitl terrific force
However I lie rough weather did not IA,
long aud va Lad smooth "Trip from there /
Alden.
Alden Is an English possession and has
population Of 1000, mostly Arabs. Tn
business part OF the city 10 down on thi
sss-shore or rsthsr on the haibor. But TIL
Interesting part OF this place 10 the old Ara
town. about I've miles back from The water
The town 10 built right 10 tho heart OF
Volcanic crater, with high barren wall. a
sround. The English have dug two der,
cuts Trough the walls VI this mouptsil
which allows the wind to sweep through
a'd mails the place fairly pleasant 1t I'd.
time 0 f.tis yssr. But It must BE- fearfu i
hot 10 the summer time. Before the rid,