BY STEAM WITH INDIA. 593
From Sooez to Boolaq by camels is 32 hours' march, say 3 days
Boolaq to Alexandria, a light boat 3 days* (boats ofl
burthen more) . . . J
Makes a total from Bombay to Alexandria of 27
But as the steam-vessel will have to touch at Kossayr, 1
there will be a delay of 1 more day, and we must > 1
therefore reckon the total at . . J
28
Or by steam from Boolaq to Alexandria 1J day, reducing!
it to . . . J
And making the total from Bombay to England 50$
BY KOSSAYR.
From Bombay to Aden . . 10J
Delay at Aden .... 2
Aden to Kossayr . . 6|
Makes a total from Bombay to Kossayr of 19£
From Kossayr to Coptos by camels is 43 hours' march,!
which, including stoppages, will employ 4 days j
From Coptos to Boolaq, by the river, in a country boat 8
From Boolaq to Alexandria . . 3
Making a total, from Bombay to Alexandria, of 34J
28?
Or by steam from Coptos to Boolaq 4 days, and froml
Boolaq to Alexandria lj day, reducing it to . J
And making the total from Bombay to England 52f
Or, as Captain Head recommends, from Bombay to Soco-
tra, and thence to Camaran and Kossayr; which, with a
delay of a day at each of those islands, will occupy about
the same time as the above. But for the advantages of this
last project, I refer the reader to his own observations-}- on
* In this part of the route travellers will soon profit by the con-
venience of a stage coach, which is to run from Qaherah to Alex-
andria. The coaches arrived long since in Egypt, when it was dis-
covered there were no roads; a considerable objection certainly, but
by this tim&I suppose it is in a fair way of being removed.
t Eastern and Egyptian Scenery, &c. pp. 59 and 67.
2 Q
From Sooez to Boolaq by camels is 32 hours' march, say 3 days
Boolaq to Alexandria, a light boat 3 days* (boats ofl
burthen more) . . . J
Makes a total from Bombay to Alexandria of 27
But as the steam-vessel will have to touch at Kossayr, 1
there will be a delay of 1 more day, and we must > 1
therefore reckon the total at . . J
28
Or by steam from Boolaq to Alexandria 1J day, reducing!
it to . . . J
And making the total from Bombay to England 50$
BY KOSSAYR.
From Bombay to Aden . . 10J
Delay at Aden .... 2
Aden to Kossayr . . 6|
Makes a total from Bombay to Kossayr of 19£
From Kossayr to Coptos by camels is 43 hours' march,!
which, including stoppages, will employ 4 days j
From Coptos to Boolaq, by the river, in a country boat 8
From Boolaq to Alexandria . . 3
Making a total, from Bombay to Alexandria, of 34J
28?
Or by steam from Coptos to Boolaq 4 days, and froml
Boolaq to Alexandria lj day, reducing it to . J
And making the total from Bombay to England 52f
Or, as Captain Head recommends, from Bombay to Soco-
tra, and thence to Camaran and Kossayr; which, with a
delay of a day at each of those islands, will occupy about
the same time as the above. But for the advantages of this
last project, I refer the reader to his own observations-}- on
* In this part of the route travellers will soon profit by the con-
venience of a stage coach, which is to run from Qaherah to Alex-
andria. The coaches arrived long since in Egypt, when it was dis-
covered there were no roads; a considerable objection certainly, but
by this tim&I suppose it is in a fair way of being removed.
t Eastern and Egyptian Scenery, &c. pp. 59 and 67.
2 Q