The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-05

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| Third class ~ ioo
The second elias. mas one less than the FIRST;
In the accommodations there 10 not much dinerence.
| Tie tnird class Is on deck.
| La soclete Adriatico Orlentac despatch steamer
every Tuesday from srins' CITY situated at the
coast II Is tn mcst agreeable route to EgypI, and
| by lar the shorre The steamers are published
| making the passage Ia seyenty-two hours but the
| average lime - eighty hours. On your way 10 Brin-
disi you 60 by tne Moun. mis- line. then Turin,
OF tins line are small. but sunptuous. The living
| Ii semtFrench and semi.nalve Ilallan.
y,,.. e, ,AHIs FROM BnISp'sr o 70 ALExAHpT m
second class -
| Passengers wishing to start from Naples to Egypt
may take nrst class ticket To Alexandria from
| Naples for $50 francs.
LLOYD AusTRICHIEN.
! The Austrian Lloyds is another powerful company
despatching steamers To ali ports OF the Leyant. me
steamer Tor Egypt leaves Trieste every saturday,
where 1t arrives On the sixth morning. Passengers
ny THIS ne STOP few noiirs at Corfu. This line Is
| III correspondence wih the Penilsuiar AMI oriental
Company's steamers leaving Suez. party OF three
nave reduction Oh their laie Of thirty per cent
Iney are all vey superior steamers Oh me Austrian
Lioyds, win hrst rate accommodations for The pas
senaers. surgeon is always On board, and Stew
ardess to attend 70 the wants OF lady Passengers
BY the Austrian Lloydi the fares from Trieste TO
Alexandria, IN elusive Of every thing rs oilows:
sIss class ............. 3!asr AZ sz
| Third @ asa. -. .............. 100 "
Such were means and routes and cost Of travel
~ Egypt when came this way, AMI have not
heard that any OF the steam lines nave been discon-
At ALExANDRIA-FIRsr IMPRESSIONS
Every steamer arrives at Alexandra at daylight
When the traveller nnds MS steamer anchored he
temper he has IN HIS system Tor without lt he cam
not get along In Egypt aud the ordeal he goes
through upon first mtrod action TO Arab land Is lry-
Ing III the extreme cat Of the hundreds OF Arabs
that VIII spring ON board when Dfatique has been
"a se ss must ass MS eyes and ms .agmsa,
ithly OF llnisel! may be entrusted. He must thea
show MIN his baggage, and II he cannOr speak
arabic let HIM point II cut. But almost all
tne Arabs understand more or less English;
h pge ~ od naS .'a az TINS tune WIN serve
hotel" The nouns Arabs pick up readily, but the
verbs are hard t. maser by them. Having seen his
unruned 0emeanor let hun bid goo -Dye To his
cohtDdgn0as de toyd0e and deliberately and cooly
descend tne LADDER at the steamers side to his boat
working MS way gently through the crowds which
occupy II. When sea.ed IN the boat let him say
the ooatman. go, pointing with his hand or his
c1henti0n which Is raging In all parts Of the ship.
THE HERALD GUIDE.
Will now address the traveller In tho first person;
Tor am the dragoman.
III IS not necessary lot youto stpulato for the price
OF boat after you read this guide. When you land
on shOre pay the boanan hall franc per head for
each person OF your parry on board II you alone
pay no more than a franc. The boatinan VIII take
you 10 the Custom House. and after he mas deposited
your things on shore pay him his fare not before.
Your things VIII then be taken by the ready aids,
VINO stand about waiting for hire, to tho Custom
House. which IL ten PAGES from the landing place.
The Custom House officers Will demand your pass
port; alter an examination oil which they viii say
they viii send it 10 the Consulate lther you must
20 " Apply lor IT, Your things will then be exam
med; but this may be avoided by paving a DacK-
sheesh OF two irancs, which Is better than The
pie OF opening your TRUNKS aud having your clothes
solled or ruined by not over-ciean or Over-gentle
haiids. AFTER the examination Of your baggage
lect the number OF mea requisite TO carry &c and
nave them convey II 10 carriage, which VIII he In
waiting outside The building Then you viii have 10
pay backsheesh 10 tue porters. II there are two
give them franc each. DO not be too LIBERAL for
tney VIII not thank you Bit but on the contrary.
Til nix you fool, greenhom, or man who has got
So much money he knows not what TO do with 1t.
HOTELS.
When your baggage Is ia me carriage 1t IL time to
tlnk Of some hotel. Now, what motel you wish de-
pends ent rely upon Yourself il you are rich you
Will, OF course want rs class hotel but If you
poor the charges OF the urs class hotels are heavy
that you niil Aot care about patronizns them. Bat
here Is list when you VIII lind OF great advantas
and they are placed according to The order u ;ner
merritt
EirstPennsrar and Oriental Hotel ,Enzsh) per day is
s T%,pa 1Ias q, Aeoas french psr 70
Fourth hotel d,Ansie'sps tfrsnch per Is
Sixth ir.ssts isriaanp. per- aav
Seventh Hoc! de- VeysgcUs FRENCH per day.......
The PcDasnlar emf Urienal Hotel Is thl best. 1t
square Of sie city OF Alexandra. IL rs q large,
rcc,nT hotel, freqdented mostly by Engshmen ana
Americans. LIS table Is exceiient, conducted The
Prench style coffee, with eggs aud cold beef, at
e.at A. M dcJeaner al one r NJ, dinner at half
This hOtel is paronize I'd by Englishmen travelling
overland to India, anu the American traveller II on
the same steamer WIN overland passengers, viii DO
well to accompany them on the mail steam tug to
THIS Motel, by whch he VIII avoid boat fares and GUS
toms Dacisheesh.
The Hotel Abbatt is thorough French hotel con-
Quoted Ia most LIBERAL manner upon the French
plan. 1t oyerooKs the new plaza OF Isma Pacha,
and 10 immediately behind the British Post ONCE.
The H0el dEufope, ''patronized by his royal High
ness, the Prince Of Wales, overlooks the Pace DIES
Consus, and Ks n uaed directly opposite the Penin-
sular and Oriental Hotel. Barons Hotel Is board
Ing house situated behind the Greek church, few
PAGES from Pace lsmal Pacna 1t ~ clean. neat
place, ana To q person OF moderate means it Is to be
recommended. Hotel Trieste, Hotel Lucullus, Hotel
des voyaseuIs. t.. Hotel Joye are situated In close
from the business centre Oh alexandria. All very
moderate IN their charges, ranging rom five TO eight
'.sIaHTs" OF ALEXANDRIA.
After arriving III the hotel preslnilns that you
have letter Of credit upon your banker at Alexan-
dra, you had better proc ed 10 get 1t cashed before
four p. NJ, at wpIch time the bank VIII be about
ready to ciosefo the day. Get your money I'm Ma
pole0ns and be sure TO convert all foreign money
mo francs, AND while You are In Egypt IL is best you
should count your money in francs; and remember
that five francs are supposed to be dollar, and that
twenty francs make 0le Napoleon, or Tour dollars.
The sights TO be seen at Alexandria are az fol-
lows:-CieOpaIras Needle, Pompey's Pillar, Cleo
patra's Baths the Calacombs the Underground
Aqneduct. Egyptian Bazaar, the Mahmoadch Canal,
Cbsar's Camp, near Ra ale; Ramie IL Bukley's Ho-
tel, Ras.eLTIn, the Khedye's Palace; the Turkish
aims, the E9ypta Il Ca!es, the French CAFES, Cafe
BhantauC and IN eatre and the American consulate
There you have list OF everything al tabular form
worth seeing, and noe one advice which Is, never
be In SO much OF hurry as not to be able 10
everything; for when you at your own home,
and your dear Trends question You upon such and
such u thing which they heard oil seen, you
Will he able 10 SAY cOnsc. enousy "Ihaye seen an
now ''DO' 1T.
will suppose you having arrived at your hotel by
eight A NJ. from the steamer; that you have abuteu
yourself, changed your apparel ana finished your
cdJe az TAT 10y ten A NJ; let me- then, arrange for
yon healthy mode Of disposlng OF ine sights. Get
dragOman for the dav Immediately at seven francs
per day, then hiro carriage ny The hour at two and
half francs, or by tlc day twenty francs. From
ten A. NJ. to one z. M the hour OF dSjeuer, your |
ride would lie wise rs !OVws:--
CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE
stands close to the kamlc Railway station It IL
single block OF red granite, seventy feet high and
seven aud hail feet square, set I'D by Tn Times III,
who relgned 1858 X. o. alter the ISraelites OF
Egypt The mate Of this obelisk lies almost buried
bar u lew PAGES from II. II was given to the Eng