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 here, but proceeded through the lake and into the canal again, where we anchored for the night between high banks and in a suffocating atmosphere. The next morning, by seven a,m., we were entering the Bitter Lakes, or Waters of Marah, and glad we were to get into this wide expanse of water, as we were able to quicken our pace a bit. We had a fine view of the mountains Gebel Geneffe, which run down the western side of the lakes, and about five miles inland. It must be twenty miles or more through these lakes, and then you enter the last section of the canal again, and before long sight the Mountain of Deliverance, or Gebel Attaka, at the foot of which stands the town of Suez. It is at the base of this mountain that the Israelites are supposed to have crossed the Red Sea. We were out of the canal by three p.m., and at anchor in Suez harbour before four o'clock (4th March). The port or harbour of Suez is connected with the town by a narrow isthmus about two miles in length, and along which runs the railway. A large open space adjoining the main wharf had been turned into a depôt for the camels, which had been collected from all parts of Egypt, and brought there to be branded with the Broad Arrow preparatory to