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TREASURES OF THE EASE
From New York to Ecypr
S WE sail from the harbor of New York, the greatest and most beautiful figure that bids us farewell is the Statue of Liberty, the outstanding monument of freedom. After crossing the restless Atlantic Ocean, the boat passes through the Strait of Gibraltar, which separates the continent of Europe from that of Africa. The Strait is twelve and a half miles in width. On our left lies the Spanish coast with that formidable outburst of the earth, named after a long-dead Arabian Moor, “Tariq.” The Arabic name of this mountain is ““Jabel Al-Tariq”, the Mountain of Tariq. The name Gibraltar is derived from those two Arabic words. —
Gibraltar
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It is upon this mountain that Great Britain stands guard over the entrance of the Mediterranean Sea from the west. On our right lies the north African coast — the inter
Alexandria — Street
national port of Tangier, the city of Ceuta, and the Rifhan Hills.
Leaving the Strait of Gibraltar behind, the boat turns
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east African coast. At last, after a jump of eighteen days from New York, we land at Egypt’s famous port, Alexandria.
