In Africa : hunting adventures in the big game country (1910)
McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949, McCutcheon, John T. (John Tinney), 1870-1949, inscriber. DSI, Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI · Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Co. · leaf 47
FROM NAPLES TO THE RED SEA 23 nightly saengerfest that lasted until one o’clock, and then the men who wash down the decks ap¬ peared at four. Between one and four it was too hot to sleep, so that there wasn’t much restful repose on the ship until we got out of the Red Sea. Down at the end of the… … We Slept on Deck in the Red Sea of Bab-el-Mandeb. In the middle of the straits is the island of Perim, a sun-baked, bare and unin¬ viting chunk of land that has great strategic value and little else. It absolutely commands the en¬ trance to the Red Sea, and, naturally, is British. Nearly all…
Big game hunting
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