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Show oo PL FORBES IN TIE SUEZ CANAL Writing from the Suez canal to his relatives In Ogden. Dr. II 0 Forbes : B1 mlti the following observation? on bis trip around the world: "We are just finishing up a thir-ten-day trip from Colombo, arriving at Port Said today at 6 P m Have l ad fair, warm weather and rath r a pleisant voyage. It always seems too bad to have to get off th ship and start in again, but of course that U what we are traveling for and It is always pleasant and instructive We are on the canal now It is very narrow and as the big ship goes along slowly six miles an hour the suction suc-tion makes quits a commotion in the water, way over to the bank, which Is rocked up a few feet wherever I have seen it We pass no other ships it would be Impossible. How wonderful a work It is and think of what a savin;; of time and money as the result' "A few days ago. In the Gulf of Aden, we passed through the most Interesting In-teresting form of water I have ever seen. It wv- similar to what occurs In the Red Sea ;'nd from which thai sea gets its name. It looks as thou eh the sea were covered with Venetian i"d coloring in places and the swells' I of the sea caused the most beautiful gi. lining and figuring of it. The red was reflected to the sky and clouds und. to set tt all off. sunset came on ain tinted everything in varvin'g shades of gold and brown and red and then sank out of sight On the swells and crests of the waves were benutlful nottllngs like the markings of a peacock's tall, only dancing and swirling about. Had I seen it painted, I should not have believed It could occur. "We have played 'deck golf a good dcp.l and It makes a verv interesting game. My partner and I aro BUT Of the eecond prize and poislbly of the first We play once more to determine, deter-mine, of course It dpesn I amount to anything in money 'I tried to do a little sketching of home children on board Had 1 IU'' tie fun. but got some very poor results re-sults Tho picture of the lady unfinished un-finished is the best, so I enclose it. She was so overcome by the picture ihet she refused to sit again, i"t what I got looks like her. My (nteresl WS purely art i: i c. "o can't realize how nice it seems to be on the home stretch considerable over half way round Wall will come quickly now. Ju6l Hunk, I could get home now in about seventeen days or so by constant travel with no delays! It seems a long time, but nothing like thlrtj " |