. Australia and homeward [microform]. Australian aborigines; Birds; Mammals; Australiens (Indigènes); Oiseaux; Mammifères. SIXTH LETTER. iiii \i BEGIN this letter at Suez. We have had a most delightful v^oyage—8,816 miles from Melbourne here, and not one hour of bad weather all the way. Th'.' officers of the Massilia say they have never had such a voyage as this before. We had expected considerable heat before reaching Suez; in this, however, we have been agreeably disappointed. From Perim Island, at the southern entrance to Suez at the extreme north, the length of the Red Sea is 1,2.'30 miles
. Australia and homeward [microform]. Australian aborigines; Birds; Mammals; Australiens (Indigènes); Oiseaux; Mammifères. SIXTH LETTER. iiii \i BEGIN this letter at Suez. We have had a most delightful v^oyage—8,816 miles from Melbourne here, and not one hour of bad weather all the way. Th'.' officers of the Massilia say they have never had such a voyage as this before. We had expected considerable heat before reaching Suez; in this, however, we have been agreeably disappointed. From Perim Island, at the southern entrance to Suez at the extreme north, the length of the Red Sea is 1,2.'30 miles. The navigation of this sea is attended with very great danger, apparently, from the nuiid)er of wrecks on islands, shoals and sunken rocks all the way up. It is, I believe, especially dangerous for sailing vessels. Since noon to-day (Friday, 27tii) we have been in the Gulf of Suez, and that has enabled us to view all along the southern coast of the Sinai Peninsula. Altlu)ugh tlie day is a little too hazy for us to make out the mountains separately, yet the group so honored of God is distinctly visible a few miles back from the coast. It would be a stranofe Christian. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lucas, D. V. (Daniel Vannorman), 1834-1911. Toronto : W. Briggs; Montreal : C. W. Coates
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