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Port Said. 



by the entrance to the canal, with which it is con- 

 temporaneous. Behind, as far as one can see, stretches 

 the arid desert itself. The old Arab town of square, flat- 



KliYl'TlA.N WAIhK-OJOLKK. 



topped houses, is nearly a mile away to the right. The 

 new town consists mainly of shops and hotels, with the 

 exception of the consular residences, the hospital, and 

 post-ofhce. 



I visited the hospital, witli the young Irish ship's doctor 



