During his Egyptian campaign, your General Napoleon Bonaparte discovered traces of this old canal in the Suez desert, and when the tide caught him by surprise, he wellnigh perished just a few hours before rejoining his regiment at Hadjaroth, the very place where Moses had pitched camp 3,300 years before him."
Gedurende den tocht naar Egypte vond uw generaal Bonaparte de sporen dezer werken in de woestijn van Suez, en door den vloed overvallen, was hij bijna omgekomen, voordat hij Hadjaroth had kunnen bereiken, waar Mozes 3500 jaren vóór hem zijn legerkamp had opgeslagen."