Twenty-nine miles south-east of Port Said.

We have stayed for two days at a little Mongar village.

I have to-day come to the definite conclusion that anthropoid apes were at one time denizens of this country.
"_Tuesday_.

Both Craig and I have been a little uneasy to-day.
These Mongars into whose encampment we have found our way, are one of the strangest and fiercest of the nomad tribes.

They are descended, without a doubt, from the ancient Mongolians, who invaded this country some seven hundred years before Christ.
They have interbred with the Arabs to some extent, but have preserved in a marvellous way their individuality as a race.
They have the narrow eyes and the thick nose base of the pure Oriental; also much of his cunning.