New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-05

ofh,,,,,, xn,, which Lang fsr ages IN the ansane'
AIR Of . cavern. bat are sh'Vefed ~ P''Se''
breath the FIRST explorer.
As this sensation, which lasted ou' = '"'
time, was gradually fading away, found my'e"
infected with tendency 10 view the most common
objects in q ridiculous light. Achnet was sitting
ON one OF the provision chests, "a was his custom
Of an evening. thought was there ever anything
so absurd rs to zee him sitting on that chest and
laughed immoderately at the idea. The tarb.n
uorp BY the captain next pat on such quizzicL
..,..,,pcs that chuc kled over il for some tins.
or IN ,urbans in the world il was the most lsdic-
CONS. Various other things affected me IN like
...,n., and at last it seemed to me that my eyes
-. Increasing in breadth. "Achmet,' called
ont chow Is this my eyes are precisely like two
.,;oosr This was my GROWING piece oil aosurdi-
A. Laughed 90 loud and long at the singular
.,;.oo had made that when ceased from
,;ne. a. the effect was over. But on the
following morning my eyes were much oetter' ana
I.. .hle 10 write, for the first time IN week.
The calm we had prayed for was given to u.s.
tn. Iotr,s Aoated, sailed and was rowcd downthe
Nh. A. IN, rate OF seventy miles day, all hands
.;,s;ns in chorus day and night, while the rails
I'D nj. nephew Hossayn beat the tsrabooka or
,lsved the reedy zumarra. IL was tnamphd
march; for my ak men outrowed the ten men OF
the innocent faced Englishman. Sometimes the
latte, came running behind US till they we're with
n hail vbereupon my men would stand up in their
r,.c.. and laundering out their contemptusus
cho,.. of"h< TON, tom, koosbarraw {" garlic,
r.,,;c and be.nsr) strike the water 80 fariousy
~ thaty swals alttnk
out Of hearing. SO We went down, oil excitemsnt
passing in one day q space. which II had taken rs
four DAYS to make, on our ascent one Gay at
Masfaioot the next at Mnyeh the ncx: at Ben'-
sooef: the next in sight Of the Pyramids; and 20
!, came 10 pass that in spite Of all my delays be-
fore reaching Stout, on the sixteenth day after
leaving Assouan, | hailed the minarets OF the
MOSQUE of the Citadel, and saw she gray piles OF
Dasboor and Sakksra pass behind me and grow
dim under the Libyan Hills.
IL in as Yesterday there is a strong head-wind,
but the men dare not stop. We rejoice over every
mile they make. The minaret OF Old Cairo "a IN
sight. and | give the boat till O'Clock TO reach
the Mace. II it fails, shall land and walk. The
Wind .lackens q little and work down toward
the Island Of Roda, Gizeh on our left. At last We
enter the narrow channel between the Island and
Old Cairo it is not yet 3 o'clock. I have my
pistols loaded with double charge OF powder
There are dcnkeys and donkey-boys on the shore,
but Arabian chargers with Persian grooms were
not q more welcome Hght. We call them, and q
horde comes rushing down TO the water. | FIRE
my pistols against the bank Of Rods, stunning the
gardeners and frightening the donkey-boys.-
Mounted at last, leaving Achmet to 90 with
the boat to Boulak, dash at full speed down the
long street leading into the heart Of Cairo. No
heed now Of broken neck : away We 20, upset.
ting Turks, astonishing Copts and making Chris
tians indignant till pull up in the shady alley be-
fore the British Consulate. The door il not closed
and 20 up stairs with three leaps and ask for let
tiers. None but quantity Of papers which tho
shirt Of my donkey-boy is scarcely capacious
enough to hold. And now at full speed to my
bankers. Are there any letters for me 7" "Let-
tsrs p drawer full ~ and he reaches me the mis-
sives, more precious than gold. Was not that
sweet repayment for my Eve months in tho heat
and silence and mystery Of mid Africa, when sat
by my window, opening on the great square Of
Cairo, famed by cool airs from the Towering
lemon groves, with the words Of home in my ears,
and my heart beating a feyent response to the
sunsct-call from the minarets "God is great
God is mercifu.' BIT.