The Irish republic., 1867-05-11


himself what country this would be- The soil now in
times past capable of producing immense crops; the climate
genial and only needs the hand industry wisely direct
ed, to make it the garden OF the world.
On reaching Cairo you step into world or rather into
very old In point of time go backward years
In and customs in look and language the shape OF
the houses and laying quito the Streets dealing
and personal auaton in camel and donkey and in the ath
palmtee which its branches above head
things would have them 1000 years ago
city of the East Cairo though upon African pure
y Asatic-purey Oriental and it is th than thing
ese which makes it attractive travellers. There
Europeans doing business in Cairo but the proportion
small interfere with its general Oriental character
In this it differs entirely from Alexandria The city
large extent OF territory and contains large number of in
habtant but exactly how one seems to know as
has been taken Most of its streets
very narrow and very reguarbuit narrow they say Ito
keep out the sunshine but why irregular dponent saith
So narrow of the streets that would be quite i'm
possible to drive ordinary carriage through them On foot
donkey the only by which you get through all
the streets of Cairo and this applies of the ba
zaars where large amount OF business done daily though
other of the bazaars sufficiently wide for the passage of
carriage The largest banking house in Cairo found upon
that donkeys could scarcely pass
other in it and the American Consulate upon but very
little, if any, wider
The houses, too quaint and Oriental the
which they stand They project over from the first story
upward that residing in third sores opposite
sides of the street, often shake hands with each other The
pecuartes marked internally externally The
generally square, nearly circumstances will ad
nit the floor is of brick kind of earth work; the
ceiling usually high and often arched wall pap of very
ncifu or brilliant pattern grotesque painted figures usu
ally the side walls heavy silk damask cui ans hang
at the windows while divan gorgeousy covered with silk
brocatele placed end of the which sit
(crossegged if you peae instead of chairs If the floor is
covered ALL is usually with mating velvet carpet
There gorgeounes about the whole of first
class Oriental house which constantly reminds of the inn
pressions he received in reading the Arabian Nights"
One of the first points visited in Cairo the Citadel
situated high mound hill upon the outskirts of the
city Though blown up by the explosion of the powder naga
zine 83 it has since been fully restored and bastons and
curtains of European construction added The portion most
strongly and regularly fortified is that toward the city, and the
its walls point toward Cairo ntead of toward the
point from which might naturally be supposed ap
proach These facts prove concusvely that the Citadel in
tended more for the purpose keeping the Cnes wholesome
fear and suecton than to protect the city from the Is
of an enem from without Within the Ctadels walls are the
late pachas palace the mosk built by Mohammed ALI in
corner of which has since been placed his tomb the site OF
Josephs Hail. and the Arsenal This mos is of the finest
the city and the house of prayer connected Herewith is
finished internally with Oriental alabaser and hung about with
not less than thousand little oil lamps Before going within
the mosk and house of prayer Lily Lu dragoman and
SELF had each to put pair of flannel slippers shoe Is
allowed to scar or profane the sacred Enclosure.
The Pyramids of Geezch which visited the fourth day
after reaching Cairo still keep their vigil plain desert
while the mighty Sphinx watches the approach them he
has watched for thousands of past These Pyramids
have IL all ages been considered among the wonders Of the
world and visit them without being i'm
pressed with their vastnes The largest Cheop is TAG feet
square high and estimated contain less
than So cubic feet of masonry The second
feet each side and its 447 feet
while the third at its base $50 feet and its
height 203 feet One writer has remarkedand we think
corecytha there is stone sufficient in these three Pyra
mids city of considerable dimensions, palaces
public buildings houses and wals AS their anqu
ty authors differ somewhat in Judgment but the generally
ceved opinion that the largest built about 400
before Christ and the others not long after Notwith
standing great antiquity they still remain in pretty good
preservation and will stand for another 1000
ruler of Egypt should take them downas they
have many other of ancient Egypo the purpose
of using the stones in the building of petty palaces.
The Sphinx has been greatly injured and nearly
buried in sand colossal proportions
almost With the exception of the fore legs, it
out solid rock and its gigantic proportions well accord
with the Of the Pyramids to which seems to have
been placed as sentinel
1t so happenedmuch pleasure and satifaconthat
the Viceroys grand and ball off the week
following arrival Cairo and having received through
worthy Consul r Taylor of Moses Taylor Of New
York Cy) cards of invitation signed by the Vceroys Prime
Minister we of course attended BOTH The were
Quoted on English fashion, the of having
Hurde race-somehng entirely for Egypt The attend
ance was large embracing the fashion nobility of all