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May 26th – 19
At 4AM we started off and followed two other steamers along the Suez Canal which is 88 miles long and has an average width of 320 ft with the exception of the lakes which altogether have a length of 21 miles

On either side the country has its natural dry look with a clump of trees which are very inviting for shelter from the hot rays of the sun.

We arrived at Suez at 4PM. and after a little delay with the usual pilot business we

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