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this trip hot so far. There has always been a good 
breeze blowing. I will write mother more about this 
canal. 
With much love, 
Affectionately, 
Rosamond. 
I bought a beautiful large collar of very fine 
Malta lace for $5.00. 
P. & O. S. S. Moldavia, 
Red Sea, October 24, 1906. 
Dear Father : 
I am writing this to you, although it will be some 
time before you receive it. I do not exactly fancy 
sitting in here writing, for the scenery is most attrac- 
tive outside. But I want to tell you about our trip 
through the canal while it is fresh in my mind. So 
please do not make any remarks about the writing. I 
wrote you about the Ionian islands. On the next day 
we passed Crete, interesting as the site of the laby- 
rinth of Minas and the island where Perseus slew the 
Minotaur. The island showed upon the horizon only 
for a few hours on Tuesday forenoon. On Wednes- 
day, the 21st, about six o’clock in the morning, we 
caught sight of the low lying coast of Egypt. <A good- 
ly number of steamers were on their way to enter the 
canal. About half past seven in the morning our 
ship, the Osiris, 1,750 tons, slipped alongside this 
ship, 10,500 tons and looked like a pigmy. This is 
a new boat about six hundred feet long, fully as large 
as can get through the canal. We moved our belong- 
ings on board and then went ashore in a small boat. 
We sent a cable and bought some stamps, white coats, 
sun hats, ete. Port Said is a dirty Arab town. The 
