Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-18
ON THE RED SEA.
Daily Events in the Journey of the 43d'
Regiment, u. S. Volunteers, to
the Philippines.

volunteers, written on route from Furt
Ethan Allen 10 the Philippines via he
Suez canal. The letters are written in the
form of record Of daily events and then
mailed when a port is reached to Mrs.
Snyder at Essex junction. The extracts
follow and will bc found interesting:
ON the Red S'd
Dec. 18th $500.
We have Just left Sucz and are now
stcaming down the Red Sea. Arrived ut
compelled TO wait until evening before en-
teting the canal aud as the plague was
officially not present at the place, were
allowed to 20 ashore. Upon landing We
were Immediately best by host Of guides
ana boggarS. and so il wa all the time
We were ashore. TO say mo" or got
OUT appeared to encourage them-to
stand still and swear or threaten to call
the police caused a silence for a minute
only. followed by loud and increased
demand for "bdCkshish" which incaus
"ams" and is the word the beggara use.
Some Of them were SCklN or detormed,
but most of the crowd were strong and
healthy. at least their voices We're robust.
Finally we did as other travellers do, en-
ployrd one guide at a stipulated price ana
make 1t part of the bargain that he keep
at distance all other guides and the
heggars. This keeps him well employed.
ard is more or less amusing, and Is
furthermore hopeless task unless he has
the eyes Of Argus and the arms Of i}ria-
Veus. The guides also ar" rasCalS-our first
one struck for higher wages after about
4 the hrst IL minutes. and kept striking
about every other square until We in ed
him. Then a little boy who had followed
on the TANKS of the party said: "Mc
Rily Thompson" me guide fauks." "All
right, Billy But you must keep all the
I bcggars away" After that there WAS q
picnic. He fought everything smaller than
/ he was, and 'sasscd" everything larger.
! Among other things W. visited was a
| Mohammodan Mosque | expected that
We would be compelled to take Off our
shoes when W. qasscd the threshold but
/ in place Of that they Slipped on our feet
| over our Shoes a heavy slipper made Of
II she's in which we skatod around over
the smooth floor They showed us a
crooked sword, IL standard. and an illum-
iratcd copy of tho Koran in Arabic Gave
the guide Il shilling which was large pay,
but the moment we left the building they
we're after us for thrcc more shillings,
bat did not get them.
Looked into an Arab school, Forty or
% boys. none older than II. were seated
cross-egged on tho floor, each with a
dirty slate on which was written verse
of the Koran, and each was repeating
this verse in his oudeet tone. But when
We opened the door the states We're drop
ped, ana there was 1 universal cry of
"BackShSh."
All the women mativ0 ana one
meets very few others, ar dressed in
black and voilcd and tn, married ones
marked bv . unculiar ornament rathcr a
defect on tho forehead Tried to get a
,hotocraph Of one carrying , basket on
nor sbouIdar I'm. fai1od-saiJ she yvou'd
Stand GIN and bava her uicturo tol,on for
a shilling Dr Wchh took a su,n-sbot AT
en-, but sro turned like lightning and the
rosult is dorbtf1I As DR.. Webb and
were walking along the rrincipal stree,
,ye saw ~ dark nlthv Arabian .too in
front or . bousn aud a fair-bnit,d woman
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