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42 TOR TO SUEZ. [CH.

able difficulty exists in identifying the pre­
cise spot where it took place, and conse­

quently the intermediate stations between
the point at which they landed and Mount
Sinai. Dismissing from my mind all former
hypotheses, and with the Holy Scriptures for
my guide, I am convinced this must have
taken place near Suez. The objection that

there is not sufficient water there to drown
the multitude of Pharaoh’s host is not entitled
to any weight. There is certainly enough at
present, and there must have been more than
enough formerly, when the sea was much
higher, as abundant evidence is everywhere
afforded. A tempestuous wind is mentioned
as one of the agents employed to effect the
miracle. At Suez, after a north-westerly
breeze has been blowing some time, the water
recedes ; and should it be followed by a south­

east wind, it rises very suddenly, sometimes
as much as six feet, and renders the ferry,
situated about one mile and a half to the
northward of the town, before available for
foot passengers, wholly unpassable for camels.
Accidents are not of unfrequent occurrence;
and it may be remembered that, from this