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May
watching these fish and smoking.
In the Red Sea Thursday 22nd of May
Towards noon we passed a large group of Islands about 12 in number. They are called the 12 apostles and are situated very close to the entrance of the Red-Sea and are in one of the hottest parts of the world.
At 7pm we passed out of the Red-Sea through the entrance which is called Hell's Gates into the Gulf of Aden. These last few days it has been dreadfully hot, the hottest that I have ever felt before, It has been impossible to keep cool, The sweat has been pouring out of me wholesale.
I think that the entrance to the Red-Sea has been very appropriately named when they named it the Hell's-gates. In my opinion Hell itself could not be any hotter.
Sharks and Porpoises have been about the ship almost all day, And