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same cause, Napoleon Buonaparte, while
crossing, nearly perished here *. The eleva­
tion and depression of its waters are influ­
enced by the winds in other parts of the Red
Sea, but not to the extent it does here at its

extremity.
If we assume the passage to have taken
place at Suez, there is no difliculty in ascer­
taining the other stations, which occur natu­
rally enough in the present route from Suez
to Sinai.
The wilderness of Shur, a journey of three
days, is the desert tract between Suez and
Howara, where, to this day, no water is found.
Fifteen hours is the whole distance between

these two points; and, encumbered as the
Israelites were, five hours, in three consecu­

tive days, is as much as we could expect them
to travel.
Howara, with its bitter pools, I conclude to
be Marah. As far as my inquiries could as­
certain, they are the only wells absolutely
bitter in that part.

* In reference to that accident, he is said to have remarked
that, had he been drowned, it would have furnished texts for all
the preachers in Europe.