216 RECOLLECTIONS OF FORTY YEARS. 



a morning upon the leaves of the tamaris, and which, 

 melting when the sun begins to shine, falls drop by 

 drop on the ground and forms a paste something like 

 horey. The manna of Sinai is not disagreeable to 

 the taste, and has not the aperient effects of the 

 Sicily manna which is to be found in the chemists' 

 shops. 



"The researches of Linant will show that the country 

 in which we now are is in reality the land of Goshen. 

 Having reached our encampment in the Yalley of 

 Eeeds (Pi-hahiroth) in good time, we avail ourselves of 

 it to compare our observations upon the course of the 

 canal from Suez to Lake Timsah, to study anew the 

 maps and plans of Linant, to discuss the depth and 

 width of the new canal, and to lay down the main 

 lines of the report upon which Linant and Mougel 

 have to agree. 



" We are anxious also to form an idea which can, 

 however, be only an imperfect one as to the cost. 

 After a great many calculations, we arrive at a total 

 of from six and a half to seven millions. The canal 

 communicating with the Nile from Cairo to the 

 inland port of the maritime canal, and which from 

 that point will branch off into two irrigating and 

 feeding canals, one going to Suez and the other to the 

 Mediterranean port, is estimated at 800,000. All 

 this, as you may imagine, will have to be revised and 

 modified, but not, I hope, much increased, with all 

 manner of documents and plans to bear it out." 



