Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-08-05
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Egypt nsltAppnrs To-t,ay.


Rev. G. $. Robinson, ID. d., is con-
tributing to the Christian Union n Sc
ries of letters on Egypt, which are
more thoughtful and interesting than
tourists letters are apt to be. From
his latest we quote n few extracts:
"The view from the great pyramid
of Ghizeh is as unique rs IL Is fine.
Just NJ the base stretches away q vast
plain which was the historic battle
ground of one of ~Napoleon's most
splendid victories in his conquest in
the East. Indeed, we consider our
selves as perched at this moment on
the high outlook of those forty centu-
ries which he told his soldiers were ga
Zing down upon them, and can see the
entire arena in which the legions were
displayed. BEAUTIFULLY diversified folds
beyond IL, Of all cOlOrs under the vari-
ous approaching harvests, lie between
us and the Old Cairo. Then the mys-
terOus Nile, the creator of all the en-
pire which fills that narrow strip of
land il has for unreckOned years de
Tended from the encroachmcnts of bill
lows of sand that the indeiatigable
winds Of the desert have heaped up to
engulf it, winds placidly along its sinu-
Gus course. Beyond this tho delicate
domes and minarets of New Cairo sue
cecded in the prospect, shining among
the heavy green plumcs of the PALM
trees. And, for just touch of life in
the stillpess, we can see long trains of
ungainly camels the dark tents and
brown garments of the struggling
travellers that accompany thcm-the
scenery of the Arabian Nights once
more suddenly realized ~ if out of n
youth dream.
"All this, looking ono way only /;
any other direction reveals no more
than the travellers and Verdurclcss
wastes of the great Libyan Desert /;
sand, sand, treeless and lifelessi an
ocean without wave, II sea unbound
ed even by crOsts of foam at the huri-
zon, mOtionless cNpnuse that has no
actual confines, whose limits to human
vision consist only Of spaces losing
| themselves in mere vanishing distance,
Ilcnving the eyes tingling an blinded
under the glittering glare.
THE LAY or TIE LAND.
"No one can hayc any adequate
| conception OF the queer shape of Egypt
until he has seen ut loJst this part OF It,.
A little green. ribbon, lying loosely as
| If dropped on n yellow sand heap,
would he lis fitting emblem. The eN-
ceeding cmaciation Of that slender ila-
mcnt of soil, redeemed by the river
from the desert, can hardly be describ-
ed. You see the entire width of it,
from the edge TO edge, Tor many mile
ms YOU sit on the summit Of the pyra-
mid. Aud really it does appear So Thin
and so insignificant that you marvel
anew at the history which stands ON
record 10 it's credit, evidence TO which
10 bears in solemn dignity of reserve
beneath its accJmula,iuus OF soil.
Not far from the base of these vasl
structures, in the shadow OF "a small
copso of palms, have been already
gathered a large number of broker
i statues and images, unCauRcd al ,n,
time aud another i'm This region. NhpA
serve as most affecting reminders %
the genius and skill uf the iorgoltcl
genclations. These houdless, unc0utl
creations in st0uo would mako ON,
laugh, II IL were not that he remem
bers shat they are the mementoes Of /
'rucc cooyal with the paryiarchs They