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but ever changing problem in paint colour, line, & form. Ismalia a delightful little place. This camp with its teaming military life was only a few minutes walk from Ismalia on the Suez Canal a more delightful spot for an artist who likes that kind of thing that typical Egyptian colour & peoples it is hard to find for it gives many much amelioration to the dry dustiness & shut in feeling of Cairo and also of the Desert towns, for at Ismalia there is sailing on the Salt Lake, a public Garden rich in forestry rare trees & blazing with tropical flowers. The sweet water canal so called chiefly I suggest because it is not salt, runs alongside the main street or road & carries a variety of picturesque feluchas and other craft typical of the East, their cargoes frequently made up of fruits & vegetables colourful & refreshing