The Land of Midian — Volume 2 eBook

At Trieste I was delayed for some time, awaiting the report that the specimens collected by the Expedition had arrived at their destination, the warehouses of the London Docks.  Mr. Clarke met with obstacles at Suez; and, consequently, did not reach England till June 20th, after twenty-three rough days.  As her Majesty’s Foreign Office had been pleased to accord me two months of leave to England, I determined to make the voyage by “long sea.”  Both suffering from the same complaint, want of rest and of roast-beef, as opposed to rosbif, we resolved to ship on board the English steamer Hecla, of the B. and N. A. R. M. S. P. Company, the old Cunard line, famous for never having lost a life, a ship, or a letter.  We left Trieste on July 7, 1878, in charge of our excellent commander, Captain James Brown; and, after a cruise of twenty days, via Venice, Palermo, and Gibraltar—­a comfortable, cheery, hygienic cruise in charming weather over summer seas—­we found ourselves once more (July 26th) in the city of the Liver.

Appendix I.

DATES OF THE THREE JOURNEYS (Northern, Central, and Southern)
made by the Second Khedivial Expedition.

First Journey.

(December 19, 1877, to February 13, 1878.)

December 6, 1877, left Cairo.
10 1877, left Suez.
14 1877, reached El-Muwaylah (Sharm Yaharr)
on the “Day of ’Arafat.”
* * * * *
December 19, 1877, landed at El-Muwaylah.
21 1877, marched upon Wady Tiryam.
22 1877, marched upon Wady Sharma.
23 1877, marched upon Jebel el-Abyaz.
30 1877, returned to Wady Sharma. 
January 7, 1878, marched upon ’Aynunah.
8 1878, halted at ’Aynunah.
9 1878, halted at Wady el-’Usaylah.
10 1878, reached Maghair Shu’ayb.
25 1878, marched upon Makna. 
February 3 1878, embarked for the Marsa Dahab in the
Sinaitic Peninsula.
4 1878, to the anchorage of El-Nuwaybi’.
5 1878, anchored at Pharaoh’s Island.
6 1878, halted at Pharaoh’s Island.
7 1878, steamed to El-’Akabah town.
8 1878, ran down Gulf el-’Akabah.
9 1878, anchored under Tiran Island.
10 1878, halted at Tiran Island. 
February 11, 1878, ran from wrecking to Sinafir
Island.
12 1878, halted at Sinafir Island.
13 1878, returned to El-Muwaylah (Sharm
Yaharr).

Second Journey.

(February 17, 1878, to March 8,1878.)

     February 17, 1878 walked to ruins of Abu Hawawit.
               18 ,, marched upon the Safh Jebel Malih in the
                         Wady Surr.
               19 ,, camped in the Sayl Wady el-Jimm.
               20 ,, marched upon El-Nagwah.
               21 ,, reached the head of the Wady Sadr.