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Story of an Emigrant.
a great work may also find an expression in the garb of a
bold joke.
Having remained in Suez a short while, the steamer glided
out on the Red Sea, keeping elose up to the naked coast of
Africa. On the second day of our Red Sea voyage we saw
Mount Sinai looming up some distance from the coast of
Arabia. September is the hottest month ot the Year in that
region, and as we had the wind with us, the customarv
breeze caused by the motion of the steamer was neutralized,
and the heat was terrific. We slept 011 the deck, and we
hailed the morning hour with joy 011 account of the
shower-bath which was afforded when the sailors washed the deck.
It is a conundrum to me why this body of water is called
the Red Sea, for there is nothing whatever to suggest this
color. One day we had a miniature illustration of a sand
storm. A strong wind carried the sand from the coast of
Africa several miles into the sea and covered the steamer
with a layer of fine, white sand, which looked like fresh
snow. We also had a chance to see flying fish which Hew
over the ship, and occasionally fell down 011 the deck.
These fish were small and silvcr-colorcd, their fins looking a
good deal like the wings of the bat. They can not turn in
their course, nor can they fly up and down at pleasure, but
only upward and forward in a straight line; and when they
fall down 011 the deck they are just as helpless as any other
fish out of water.
Having reached the Indian ocean, the temperature became
more pleasant, so that we no longer suffered so much from
the heat. At last our splendid steamer plowed its course up
the majestic Ganges, the sacred river with its one hundred
mouths, 011 whose peaceful bosom millions and millions of
human bodies have been carried to the ocean. For a
distance of eighty miles we sailed up this wonderful river,
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