New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-29
SKETCHES OF LECTURES.
LECTURES UPON EGYPT.
ny REV. JOSEPH P. THOMPSON, OF NEw-YoRS
No. IA Voyage up the Nile.

No. IA Voyage up the Niie'
Last NIGHT was the commencement Of the Lecture Season
In this CITY The evening wintry in It's temperature
but Notwithstanding this sudden change in tho atmosphere
fair audience assembled in the the Tabernacle to hear
the Rev p THOMPSON the pastor of that church. who
has recently returned from Egypt deliver lecture on
what he saw during 4" a Voyage up the Nile.
The choir attended in full force and opened the proceed
ings with anthem, exoellently sung
Mr. THOMPSON then came forward, amid much applause
10 deliver his lecture He preaced his remarks by Observ
inc that the Lecture on "Thebes announced for de
livery on Wednesday evening next would be post
pcned until the Friday evening following Then com,
mencng his Lecture he said Since the announcement OF
this course of Lectures have been led believe that the
subject Egypt is not quite foreign and strange to most
Americans as l had supposed it DR. Abbott has
brought her antiquarian treasures to your very doors And
according to the statements Of lnkeepers along the
route Americans for number OF years past have been the
most frequent visitors to that wonderful land.
do not intend to take you to night into the Egypt of
Olden time but with your permission viii open upto
you SO much of Modern Egypt as became acquainted
with during my stay in that country The first view OF
Egypt described by the Lecturer was the entrance
into the Port Of Alexandria on the west side, the
Eu,osfes OF the ancieIts After delineaon OF the
pleasures and mishaps of landing and seeking
hotel the lecturer alluded 10 the purely Occidental
which these Oreut0ls perform the opertioh CT
Shaving on strangers. For instance draft for 40
will never presentation TO the banker be worth more
than flS and although the lecturer we'll doubtless as
many others endeavored 10 acquire the key 10 this novel
mode Of calculation up 10 the present time their efforts
were unsuccessful However, the lecturer observed
soon ceased TO speculate on the matter for found
that nearly all business was done IN pretty mach
the same manner. After a glance az Alexandria,
sketch of It's history and comparison OF IFS present VI
tally with It's past agnaton, he proceeded TO the more
immediate subject Of the lecture. Having procured
dowyah, OF boat with crew Of twelve men, laid IN
stock Of provisions and up the stars and stripes TO the
masthead he set out for the Nile by way Of the Mahmpu
deh Canal giving sketch Of its original construction,
subsequent disuse and dilapidxiou and final roso-
ration and detailing the immense cost OF It's construction
N human lives. Arrived az Fouah distance OF - mics
nom Alexandria HE boat floats the waters OF the ms
estic Nile Here the speaker DESCRIPTION OF the
landscape; the just dipping behind the apex o.
The pyramids, and far away, gintng in gold ana GRIM
son lay the vast expanse of the Lybsn desert lie de
miles per hour; and shifting with the wind sometimes,
when the wind was adverse, the boats crew would
Get ashore, and taking the tow rope across
nsf shoulders, drag her alone, az ne rare
~ i've miles per day. Ar other times, win isit
vnd his boat would almost fly through the water Inc
Ae runs through narrow valley the sides OF "hch are
wy pscdactye; and for about 600 miles the sol has
reclaimed from the desert by the alavh deposits OF
ae Ne LEFT its periodical overflow Toe lecturer then
'aytd the vegetation, and general scenery OF the val
icy the Nile the banks during the summer season sp
Pesr hke delightful garden waving Win palms smiling
rn vesdure and enameled with tbs blossoms o trees
ma isns later in the year the soil becomes dusty AM
f''Saed aud the fine sand impermeaies Inc Atmosphere