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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  Aden, 
  on 
  through 
  the 
  Red 
  Sea 
  to 
  Suez, 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  cana 
  

   to 
  Port 
  Said. 
  At 
  the 
  latter 
  port 
  I 
  took 
  train 
  to 
  Kantara, 
  which 
  

   lies 
  between 
  the 
  Suez 
  Canal 
  and 
  Lake 
  Meazala, 
  where 
  I 
  met 
  

   with 
  Rufous 
  Warblers 
  and 
  Crested 
  Larks, 
  both 
  common 
  birds, 
  

   but 
  interesting 
  to 
  me, 
  as 
  both 
  have 
  occurred 
  in 
  England. 
  From 
  

   Port 
  Said 
  we 
  steamed 
  to 
  Gibraltar, 
  and 
  finally 
  dropped 
  anchor 
  

   at 
  Cowes 
  on 
  Aug. 
  1st, 
  1903, 
  after 
  an 
  absence 
  of 
  nine 
  months 
  on 
  

   the 
  most 
  delightful 
  and 
  interesting 
  voyage 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  

   to 
  make. 
  

  

  My 
  very 
  best 
  thanks 
  are 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  Earl 
  of 
  Crawford 
  for 
  his 
  

   great 
  kindness 
  in 
  taking 
  me 
  with 
  him 
  as 
  naturalist 
  on 
  this 
  

   most 
  pleasant 
  of 
  voyages, 
  and 
  I 
  trust 
  that 
  this 
  account 
  of 
  my 
  

   experience 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  my 
  readers. 
  It 
  must 
  be 
  remem- 
  

   bered, 
  however, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  easy 
  to 
  describe 
  the 
  

   various 
  islands 
  and 
  places, 
  but 
  that 
  they 
  must 
  be 
  seen 
  to 
  be 
  

   appreciated. 
  

  

  