The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-08-10

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mainder of the party arrived, but we firm.
~ told them "not bit" Most of them
have picked up considerable English and
one of our assistants, half naked fellow
pridcd himself on the title of Doctor
and was able to speak very good English.
We had passed ourselves as Englishmen,
but they knew better, and it was impossi-
bic to convince them that we were other
wise than "Amelican gentleman" The
doctor" prided himself on his knowl,
edge of American history. He said "once
Amelican mans pay Englishman mans a
ta1-then Americans wont pay any more
tax and Englishmans went to get the tax
and Amelican mans say Yankee Doodle
to EN-, and Englishmans go way without
de tax p
We remained upon the summitnearly an
hour in order to see the sun rise and get
view of the surrounding desert. The
atmosphere was too thick to get an ex-
tended view, but we saw sufficient to
convince us that farm there was not de-
sirable. The pyramids are situated just
on the edge of the desert about half a
mile from vegetation in the valley Of
Nile. The second and third pyramids
in size and the sphinx are all situated
within less than 100 rods of each other,
besides the ruins of heather temple,
excavated but tv or three years ago, and
numerous tombs all around, some of them
mere excavations for the body,others cut
out of the rock and deliberately painted
and carved. One of the latter kind we
entered and found the carving and paint
ing almost as fresh and distinct as when
the artist left it. 1t is quite apparent
that great portion of the stone used in
the erection Of the pyramids was quarried
near by, and the sphinx cut out of the
rock of the quarry, and not out of rock
transported there. 1t Is a soft stone and
much decayed, and the quarries nearly
covered with sand. There are six or
eight other pyramids to be seen near the
site of ancient Memphis, about eight
miles farther off We returned from our
- aarsion after an absence Of seven
hours.
We had been warned before coming to
Cairo that the heat would be excessive
and almost overpowering The greatest
heat which we experienced was about go
in the shade, and this was tempered with
a breeze whenever we were out where it
could reach us. Our companions COM
planned bitterly of the heat, but we did
not find it excessively oppressive. The
streets are sprinkled in the principal bus
mess parts, by negroes who carry goat
skin strapped over their shoulder, contain
ing about twenty gallons of water.
We visited various places OF interest
among which was the citadel from which
we could overlook the city, and the ele-
CANT mosque of Mohamet Ali, where we
were obliged to put socks over our boots
in order not to profane the temple. At an
Egyptian school we were obliged to do
the same. The school consisted ofa large
building aud court yard, each of which
were 200 or 800 feet in length-the pupils
were seated on the floor in groups of six
or eight, with lessons written in ink on
tin states, all talking and reading aloud.
On our entrance, an old patriarch took
charge of us and conducted US around
with evident pride at the perfection OF
the institution. We were evidently lions
in the school for we soon had crowd of
thirty or forty students at our heels, fol-
lowing us around We observed but one
teacher present. He was seated cross.
legged on the ground, surrounded by a
group of dozen young men, to whom he
was reading and expounding the Koran
with the most violent gesticulation, evil
IDENTIFY with much dissatisfaction at his
own proficiency. There was about 800
pupils present. Beggars abound every
cannot bear to see white
man pass without annoying him. Chill
dren are taught to speak 6dcksbesh the
fret thirg-we have seen little rats three
years old reaching out their hand lisping
6ocktheth, 6acktheth, before they could say
anything else : 49na ga @
The season of the year admonishes US
10 make our stay in Egypt as short as
and we took our departure
one hot morning for Issmalia, the central
station on the Suez canal. We sklrted
along on the valley of the Nile little
more than half the distance, and then
proceeded direct across the desert, traV-
cling the entire distance by rail. At Is
malta the desert has literally been made
to blossom like the rose. Eight years
ago the site was barren wilderness OF
the desert, without shrubbery or yegeta-
tion-now a town of 1900 inhaitants,
consisting of French, Greeks, Germans.
Italians and Arabs, with paved streets
and fourishing gardens, and fine park,
and all effected by irrigation. Here were
grapes just ripening, which are not easily
excelled in any country, fruit OF various
kinds, while the surrounding country
is still barren waste of sand. About
sunset we took 1t into our heads to nave