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business quarters, then the [[underline]] Arab town [[/underline]] with its black dressed veiled women in the streets. Also a street where European stores are. [[underline]] Took lunch at a large hotel [[/underline]] well situated near seashore
Left at 5 P.M. bright and sunny but a refreshing cool Northern Breeze. Large bronze [[underline]] statue of Lesseps [[/underline]] near entrance. - well made.
[[underline]] June 15. [[/underline]] Some passengers left and a few came aboard in [[underline]] Port Saïd. [[/underline]] Amongst them [[underline]] Am. Vice-Consul of Cairo and his invalid [[/underline]] young wife his name is [[strikethrough]] E. de Co [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] E. de Courey [[/underline]] there is also on Frenchman [[underline]] Y. Busson [[strikethrough]] who has [[/strikethrough]] de la Roque [[/underline]] who has been doing excavation work in Egypt.
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[[underline]] June 16 [[/underline]] Same bright pleasant weather, light winds. Temperature at 6 AM 70°F - Water = 72°F.
[[underline]] June 17 [[/underline]] Temp. in cabin 72°. ^[[Water = 70°]] Bright weather. Pass along Island of [[underline]] Kandy, [[/underline]] or better before [[underline]] a small Island before Kandy. [[/underline]] Final deck game competition begins. We pass a Japanese Ship of same N.Y.K. Line. [[underline]] First steamer [[/underline]] since leaving [[underline]] Port Said. [[/underline]] Feels cool, light winds
[[underline]] June 18. [[/underline]] Temp. air = 71°F water 68°F. At 10.A.M. near Italian ^[[Italian]] Coast, - [[underline]] Calabria. [[/underline]] Mountainous and [[underline]] no woods. [[underline]] Later on [[strikethrough]] dry rivers [[/strikethrough]] cultivated fields on slopes of mountains. Mount [[underline]] Etna [[/underline]] faintly visible with snow streaks near summit. Pass Straights of [[underline]] Messina [[/underline]] 12:30 Close to shore of [[underline]] Sicily. [[/underline]]
At 3:30 P.M pass [[underline]] Stromboli [[/underline]] (photos) smoking crater, conical