The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-07

his superior ability, the fool Arab un-
loads on him lot of junk and rub
bish, such as foreign stamps. which is
great fad for Englishmen. Instead
of being genuine. they are all fakes
and just printed to sell. Watch fobs,
chains, bracelets and other trinkets
(native workmanship made in Ger
manyD. playing cards, post cards,
aces, ETC., and whole lot of ether
rubbish find ready market with the
Europeans, who cart them away for
souvenirs. 1t certainly is very anus
ing to see these Arabs make for you
as soon as you land in town. l had
considerable fun with them during
the different times went ashore. Our
ship stood out in the harbor, so that
when you wanted to go ashore, you
hired a rowbOat.
Coaling the Ships.
"Port Said is at the entrance to the
Suez canal. so you can see that quite
number OF ships must touch at Port
Said, even though they only take on
coal. 1t is quite an interesting sight
to a stranger to see them coal up the
larger ships, such as the one was on.
There are about 100 Arabs on each
side of the ship on coal barges. They
shovel the coal into baskets, which the
coOlie puts on his head. In other
cases it comes to the ships in sacks,
and these are emptied into the Goa!
bunkers. The coolies are practically
naked, with the exception of having a
little cheesecloth around their middle.
This is, of course, to take the place
of the fig leaf.
ut is very amusing to see this bunch
of humanity coaling a vessel. They
are as thick as bees. and talk SO
much among themselves. You never
heard such a jabber. One of their
number will lead in some kind of
song Che does the solo work., sing
ing about half dozen bars; then the
grand chorus comes in for about half
a dozen bars, and this system is kept
up for quite a while. 1t reminds you
of the musical Chinaman, or, to bring
it nearer home to you, the American
Indian. Wilde, or Joe Little, can, of
course, do better than this.
A Vivid Description.
eve entered the Suez canal at 3 p.
M, but did not seen any of it until
morning. 1t is quite piece of engi-
neering-only room for one big YES
sci at time. Our ship drew some
26 or 20 feet Of water. the canal in
the center being about 80 feet deep,
tapering of to possibly feet at the
sides, so that vessel has to keep in
the middle. The canal is about 1O2
miles in length, we travelling through
it at about. 6 miles an hour. There
are several stations on the way, where
steamers pass each other, one steamer
having to anchor at both ends while
the other passes The canal is about
$50 feet wide at it's widest point and
about 200 feet at the narrowest point.
We got out Of the canal at 1890 p. m.
the next day and stopped half an hour
outside the harbor at the town of Suez,
which Is at the end of the canal. We
took on the mails and steamed on to
Alden. arriving there February II at
1880 a. M, taking on more coal and
leaving at 2:30 a. m. for Bombay.
Owing to the hour we arrived at Alden,
did not go ashore. We arrived at
Bombay February Is. This completed
my sea voyage. Take It right through,
it was fairly pleasant It warmed up
after leaving Port Said and was quite
comfortable. even going through the
Red sea, where It is usually so hot.
We had one concert and two dances
while on board. contributed to the
concert with a song, which went of
with great success. Everybody in the
first cabin put on evening dress for
dinner, and my not having an evening