"Here are some figures showing the saving in distances (in nautical miles) by the Canal:"
| Via Cape of Good Hope. | Via Canal. | Saving. | |
| England to Bombay | 10,860 | 6020 | 4840 |
| New York to Bombay | 11,520 | 7920 | 3600 |
| St. Petersburg to Bombay | 11,610 | 6770 | 4840 |
| Marseilles to Bombay | 10,560 | 4620 | 5940 |
[Chapter III.]
FROM SUEZ TO CAIRO.—THROUGH THE LAND OF GOSHEN.
CAMEL AND YOUNG.
There is little to relieve the monotony of the desert between Suez and Ismailia beyond the view of the two canals, and the ships and boats moving on their waters. Occasionally a line of camels may be seen walking with a dignified pace, or halted for the adjustment of their loads, or for some other purpose. In every direction there is nothing but the desert, either stretching out into a plain or rising in mountains, on which not a particle of verdure is visible. Under the bright sun of the Egyptian sky the sands glittered and sparkled till the light they reflected became painful to the eyes of the observers. The prudent Doctor had bought some veils in the bazaar of Suez, and now brought them from the recesses of his satchel for the use of the delighted boys as well as for his own.