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We have been out of sight of land for two days nearly 3 days. The last shot that we saw consisted of a few rocky islands barren as a blown egg.
Tuesday 1st December
Monday passed very quietly. This morning when I went up on deck the first thing that met my gaze was the sight of a rocky and sandy coast line. Bare ridges, their sides angular, facetted and naked rose from the sandy stretches their tops leaping hear and there into flame-like pinnacles in the morning light they About them hung a light violet haze deepened whenever on the sides of the bluffs. Shadows were thrown A striking characteristic of the Arabian atmosphere is the predominance of violet in the colour scheme. The very clouds & sand seem to come under its influence in an usual degree. We got to Aden Suez this afternoon. We are
at present anchored outside the canal. The town is divided into two portions quite the distance between being about a mile. The architecture (from a distance at least) is simple rectangular and block-like. The houses seem to be built of stone some white and the rest of a grey sand stone. The fronts are perforated by 2 or 3 tiers of windows. The roofs of course are flat. There are few trees about. Whatever trees there are consist of a varieties of palm.
There are a number of huge tanks lying to the left. These remarks apply to what I think is the native portion of the town. The other part which lies by the mouth of entrance of the canal is I judge from its appearance the British quarter and of course includes the officialdom of the port. The houses are There are a greater number of trees,