, 1869-01-15
EGYPT AND the NILE.
Iec,urc Before the Library A.
tQclnIlon by Hon. J. 8.
Spencer.

Tteuoc. J. 8. Spencer, Of 81 Jrac use, SeW forf.
lce,ufra laet cseninE It Library Hall, under The
aurpices Of the Young Mems Library Asocss-
ton, "Ee5pt And tne Nils" Waa the enhlset
Tho at,cnd.ree nas ve.y Email hardly enough 10
p4y for the gaslich:~ ............
The speaker dvelt, trst, upon the bistRieA
auttre.t Ct Egypt, than weIt on to sketch tho
1c!ent glory Of the country. Erypt now eon-
ta.ns soAoo Taskr. Who hold al The
ot1tcs; 1so,too copts, who hare neEo'
adopted Ashomueoaaa.n. eat psesef 10 oe'
tope to shc church founded b. St Marx,
and tho Arabian Rxypua1s. Numbering a,7so,to
ececcudants Of the xielcs, who 1t one time fnvs.
trd Egypt. Then care the bedoajns, The de-
eecr dsnts oS1sh1uacl, numbering some ~, ,oco
then tic Fe1lahs, Z ,6oo, ,0n0; then Jcws, narxsY-
iars. &c. There A1t Two classts, tar upper. i.v.
lrc suupsuourly the ponres el4ss hiring In tte
cictt EeJpti1nA ~As pure despotlsm. Il VII
Ibis that enabled them to butld tho pyramid.
Se,pt Ia EtW kingdom tributary to Turkey, sud
ruled By Said Pa+ha- nho holds hts of1co
At tho will Of the Sultan. Tho heather muholo.
~ Of ERJp. was described With tedioa1 nlante-
ntee. Mthommed wAs eketehcd+ lie was IN or-
ph.n, ea:acI boz. pscall,s boy. wi.h magnetic
Of Which war. that Aliah was Goo, md Mehon1.
sa nst s. o' xss e1,s aa saa
women s1s rrdueed to : sts:n ,of slavery.
-Four times day the men arc invited to the
moe qot, but women arc not permitted to enter
sud do not Iegt,d -oen ~ thsir soeisi eqoals.
Fathers eel thctr daughters, whea thirteen OF
Of money; f5m will buy anJ Horaar IN E1ypk,
Ttn youcT husbtrd does no: sec tie aee Of lis
wite nuul ha is married.
sneien, Egypt "a. rot esp..I pontstrant, but
| Eot having The body euba,msd. Cac rrasou was
~ 9f1ss a, 15na 5nS g ,es.ss, ss
[ BODY II It was ptcecsvce. There h4vo beca about
4so; go eoo peiaoEa stnbslned u Es!p:;
4 .id.h Of eight railet, the lana between being
allln:sl soil which ths rlter tp1eads ones year.
ttse OF the State q Illtroia. The REMAINDER OF
EGYPT occupies an Arra Of 220, coo miles, hut, With
NJ. 2. tns 1.,sS M Nv, uasy y Tae
t fur feet II tho water 1iseA tosncnty-two feet
Inc crops VIII 6s Root. a1d The t.xe, are Imposed
seseid!neE: Ths M E95p,ians are TIC most heavily
The basbor Of A!e1 1sEdrt,. With 1t. rocky en-
| tsaEcr, Wst described. The great schools of Al
oristn, sna the srss. iiosy {onndea )! to d. nrss
Ftoters, vesn .efe1tod to, -Tnn ltpE&xI Goa.
tIrued 10 4uenent for one hundred years. and
mans. Tbs ancient relies Of the ancient city AZ
ssre. 1he ianous rompe,s pu!ss y o. hsrd red
and ten feet In diameter. stardinE On one stone
pedestal twenty nine feet squire. This htards
rpou IN srra. tOrc Of ieopatts's needles re-
mans. - an ooetsk, ei1tt-swo feet nigh. cor
Il lie e.tl Of csifo hss 400 ,ooo Arab Inhabitants
| The main street or baza4f. IL only eeSru lee
wide. the houAss aiInnat Meeting at tho top Il
always dastY. Cairo eniofs 3co mosques. Tn
; Molxnptd1a1 hare, in proportion, mora house
a. on5 g1I al! Of lie united sases. 5otepaa Ie vel
!, Essf tks eisJ, Is saa !ees dosp, md supplies III
. 1he p,1aaa,d Of Chtops Is about twelve nile
1 c.t1n ~ a. i9aS S.s.s: .s* o. sa1s ~ 1e
ts!ns 81 s9l SEQ cubic Il Ct of stone Tne d.s
nftJ COURSES three feet four inches thick, an
ihs uRP.s eonsses e decrease IN taze - shs1 =; 4
north side OF tho pyEaatd, b. which persons enes
4 to visit the toao of .teons, tu the ce1ue Of tn
H enss too' % ,nat to9E ,S Snsops Ten 5e.fs ~,
. stores Here conveyed. and twenfy pears work
8 $50 600 men to nnieh the structure. The sphyu
d mid rests. 1hs face Is that OF taap the bod
c that ot ben. Is l40 feel long, ena Tho paHs G:
Z tend lily feet outwsrds- TIC s2a5nx wAt the q Q
Ii; guarded ne srI sntF.ase e, T. ;he toDss :,
g Esle. AID stopped At the tomb Of Benc Hoes
Il with ita chan6ers s'1ts, feet sqaarc II sever
l. aa .,!l,Fss :! 40 Hasls '1po,..9ss; .;
5esfs aso; 1t soInc sa'uable ruins; II tho stat
T. Of Hanests, tho Crest IS feet h'Ah. ~ 4
round the shoulders. surzaooo,ed ey bead
statue il aco tons he lost his head, which n
,ar lies II The font OF the corpse.
stoppn eesa e7erS so.as "a tsr sou:e
I'd tell Whist he saN. Finally he got bacE 10 "a
snd i, hslf.past 10 O'Clock stayed there,
out The lecture was 1Affag0 of eth.ishsh. Of tt
fps'sa ssn'e sa9 @ TSs.e % % e
secutlycee IA the lectrtc 1t tai neither bel
a.rg. ntedls ror end. It wss - pEstet1oui
I Ihc sphinx.