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letter from Madge today. Posted on 27th. Oct. at Adelaide. Left Suez at 3 o'clock & started in the canal which is 89 miles long & about 2 chs wide. Passed some English Field Engineers on the track, Also. Egyptian & Indian Engineers guarding the Canal.
Tuesday. 1st Dec 1914
Finished the canal at 6.30 am & arrived at Port Said. Dropped anchor at 6.50 am. Two French cruisers & a couple of English in & an old vessel dismantled & all guns taken off her. A very big place. Plenty of niggers on coal boats. Coaled & took water. Coaling done by niggers with baskets. Got an old tin ring & some Egyptian money. Had a muster parade & a few missing. Had sneaked ashore & were all caught when coming back.
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