Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-10-29

everybody on the ship got sea sick
OF conrse l had to follow the crowd
and go to the rail and look at the
water and feed the fish. After the
gale subsidized, the weather was
calm and pleasant for the balance
Of the way through the Mediter-
ranean.
Enroute, the ship ran into the
harbor Of Tunis, on the north coast
Of Africa, and anchored for a
couple Of hours to repair some
little break down in the engine
room. We passed within signaling
distance Of Malta but did not stop;
also Sicily.
The Sth day from Gibraltar
brought us to Port Said, Egypt,
the entrance TO the Suez canal A.,
where we stopped one week. The
natives and their customs were
amusing as well as interesting TO
me. June -, we started through
the canal. The canal is eighty.
seven miles long, about fifteen Of
which are through lakes, the bal
ance is cut right through the sand.
It runs through the Egyptian
desert. Ships are only allowed to
travel at a speed Of four miles an
hour, and only the very small YES
sells can travel at night. The canal
is only wide enough for one ship,
but at intervals Of five miles there
are stations and a place cut wide
enough for two ships TO pass The
canal is run on very much the
same principle as a railroad. All
these stations are connected by tel.
ephone, and ships get their orders
by signal where TO meet and pass
other ships.
We reached Ismalia, forty-six
miles from Port Said, and stopped
over night there, continuing the
journey next morning, reaching
Suez about / p. m. At Suez begins
the Gulf of Suez, which is only
about twenty-five miles long, and
then begins the Red Sea. This is
said to be the hottest place in the
world, and | don't doubt it. 1t
was so hot that a person could not
sleep, rest, or do anything but
sweat and think Of home and Ice
water.
The Red Sea is about 200 miles
long, and it took US five days to
get through. As soon as we passed
through the Strait Of Babel Mander
we got a breeze from the ocean and
il was much cooler. We were not
in the Indian Ocean more than six
or eight hours before a monsoon
struck US. The storm lasted for
two days, and it looked as if it
would swamp US. The waves
looked as big as mountains.
Numbers of times ] saw them
strike the ship, break and throw
the water clear over the smoke
stack. Ordinarily the top Of the
stack is fifty or sixty feet above
the water. The ship was tossed
about as if it was a little chip-and
it beat its Mediterranean cake
walk all hollow. In order to move
about the ship, person would
either have TO crawl along and
cling TO the life ropes which were
stretched about the decks, or TO tie
one end Of a rope around their
waist and the other TO something
substantial, otherwise fellow
would have been thrown overheard
so far that no one could ever have
found them. But we pulled
through o. X, without any seri-
Gus accidents, and arrived at Co
lombo, Ceylon, June q. Here we
met the Olympia, with Admiral
Dewey on board, bound for the
United States. Next morning,
June %, the Admiral paid US a
visit and weall got a squirt at him.
He is a fine looking old gent, and
appeared to be enjoying the best Of
health. The following day, %, the
Olympia left on her homeward
journey. As she passed US going
out. we manned the rail and