Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-04-12

where You find wheel turned by an OK.
which is led down this wonSsrfal passage
The more You see of Esypt's Ia 'auments AMI
ruins, the more you are astonishei /; but how
changed is this county from the daye when
her universities were the FIRST in the world !,
and scholars from Greece studied and rcceiv-
ed from lIeliopolis their diplomas, to the ru-
ins OF which city We went and of which we
will give You the result. TakinS a donkey
and boy one morning, We leave the city Of
victory behind us and nrc SOON working our
way into what has been 6tly callci 1.-THE real
land Of Egypt" The fields are green and
the people are cutting grass which they
have no trouble in drying and putting in
barns for they have no winter or rain "a man
told me it rained a little twice during last
year, Women with yelled faces are carry
ing water pots on their heads as did the dan.
sells OF old oxen blindtUldcd are drawing up
the water from the dep wells by water
wheels. We go by one of the Pasha's Pala-
ces and near it are avenues of ieIthcry tam
orishs, 6g trees and acacia
In tn rec hours we come to the city of
the SUM-" the Hell, polls OF the Greeks and
the Ore of the Bible. 4 few mud huts
are on a highly cultivated piece Of ground,
and History fixes the fact that here was once
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There is a garden filled with fruits and flow
ers-fg and orange trees. At the entrance
you see one tree whose gnarled trunk mea
surfing six feet in width, covered with thou
sands of names "a foolish way for one to dis
tinguish themselves). This is the sycamore
tree under whose branches tradition tells you
that Joseph, Mary and the Infant Jesus re-
posed in their fight to Egypt. There is "A
pool +" overhung with willows and aquatic
Vegetation which was the Spring of the
Sun. and You are told its waters were salt
until the arrival of the Holy Family, when
it was turned into sweetness. Near to this
garden, IN an orange grove, rises solitary
obelisk with its hicroglyphics, standing in
the same p sition as it did 1000 years ago
the d" Oldest known in Egypt, and the father
Of all that have arisen SINCE
1t was here that Joseph married his wife,
and Moses pursued his studies. and had for a
teacher the High Priest Of the Temple of the
Sun. The Septuasint Translation thinks
that Joseph met here his father and breth
rcn, and it is the opinion Of Joscphus that
the Israelites held this owing to its nearncss
to the land of Goshen Atany rate, it gives
one peculiar feeling to stand on the ruins
and know that you are looking upon the
same general scenery as did the men whose
biography occupies SO prominent place in
the Biblical writings. We return home by
the way of the petrfcd wood which is scat
tered in small pieces on the sand ; We gather
several specimens and towards evening drive
into the city.
Another day we 60 to the Pyramids OF
Gcezeh-passins through old Cairo-the
Babylon Of Egypt ,across the Nile-by the isle
of Rhode where Moses was found and Pha-
roah's daughter had palace-and where
now are fine gardens and the Nilometer to be
seen. We arrive at the foot Of the great
Pyramid, and ascend by the aid of Bedouin
Arabs. At the top the sun was hot-we got
q most magnificent view Of the country-the
Desert-the Palm forcsts-the NiIc-Cairo
and writing few lines we descended-took
our dinrer by the Sphinx whose mutilated
face shows what tourists will do. One his
torian informs US that it took moro than one
century to build two Of these Z, ramids-
and those who wish to know how much it
cost for vegetables to feed the 10000 men
who were employed, may find Josephus or
Rollin good authority. Many think tina
owing to the fact that these Pyramids cor.
respond to the points of the comp IS thar
they served for astronomical observations -
More about Cairo in my next. MAINE.