Port Said
…Finally we come to a standstill, and directly a big plateau floats toward
us mysteriously dark. The floats are three barges loaded with
black coal. On top of the coal, we saw a group in rags, about fifty men,
Arabs I think, with skirts. Everything was very dark and black, with people
singing and
shouting... later they put shelves aboard to load the black coal in woven
baskets in a long row. … (p.42).