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Excerpt from Uncle Allen's Party in Palestine But Philip refused to tell what he knew of contending armies of olden times upon these fields, or how the frightened forces of Arabi Pasha, about fifteen years ago, gathered here after the bombardment and fall of Alexandria, and the last blow was given to his cause by English arms. It was agreed that they should spend a short time at Ismailia before taking ship at Port Said, and all enjoyed the fruit and flowers growing in abundance in the pretty little city which is located midway on the Suez Canal, between the Mediterranean and Red Sea, at the Bitter Lakes, through which the canal runs. I would have enjoyed being here when the Suez Canal was completed and the in auguration ceremonies took place, said Cousin Serena. It seems to me like the cementing of international friendship, when Europe and the East joined hands and a new impulse was given to commerce. As they neared Port Said, Katharine was ecstatic, for from this point they were to embark for Joppa, Palestine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.