Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-05
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neck ot a gigantic ostrich projecting in
front. 1t IS camel with abo,lt q
WaGon-lOad OF sheaveS OH his back In
tins city, where an enormous amount
81 bUlidlng IS going on, you meet long
files Of them loaded with stone from
the neI@hbOrlng quarries. He kncels
down to be loaded and unloaded. He
lives on next to nothing, is hideously
ugly, but is patient, docile. and Ill
used. lie IS the mainstay of agricsll-
tlre, as his price is moderate, only
about .cS. The Arab horse is If sm"il
size, rarely above 15l hands. His
uSual color IS grey, sometimes sorrel-
very few bays orb black. He is very we'll
forlned-some OF them are lnagnifi-
Gently beautiful. They are very docile
and Intelligent, and, above all. Of pro-
d!gIOus endurance. Both men and
beasts i'll this country live on next to
nothing. The Arab horse is fed
usually twice Il day on Il small allow
anca of barley and chopped straw,
which oIlr horses would not touch. He
IS watered twice 4 day, but con- travel
on the desert II he can get w@for once
q day On that fare he eau make soy-
enty-tive miles n day-day after day
without losing his spirit or being in
inre1. [ have Just bought a grey,
about 16 hands high. for $50. He is
quite thin, having giustarrived from Da-
nascus after Il two months Journey
over the desert. blt he * full OF spirit.
is beautifully formed, and has as pretty
4 head as you eve saw. When lie gets
fat, as he VIII do here, he will be a verv
handsome horse. All the horses are
and they are Just as manage
anle rs our horses, though they viii
fight sometimes. My fellow, like a
desert BedOuin, unused to civilization.
kicks at nearly every horse he passes
in the streets. 7 have not seen moro
than three or four mares since ] have
been in Cairo. Mares can hardly be
bought at any price. and seem to be
kept almost exclusively for breeding
Yesterday evening / went to the great
first built by Saladin, tie 60
of Richard Coeur lie LION.
1t Is an immense assemblage Of buill-
ings- In its vastness and variety It
reminds one OF the Tower OF london,
1t is built on q hill on the very EDGE
Of the city, and commands it eli tirely;
IT contains barracks, arsenals. palaces,
and the great mosque of Niche met Ali
built OF aldbastor. II It is the we'll Of
Joseph, as it is usually called: but If
takes its name from Saladin, whose
name was Youssef. It goes down 27G
feet to the lavel OF the Nile.
The courtyard Of The citadel Was the
scene OF the massacre of one thousand
by Mehemet Ali, abont
Isl. From the citadel behcld mag
nificent scene by such asI1nset rs Egypt
alone affords. Beneath spread the en-
tire city. with It's palaces, It's palm
trees, and the thousand minarets Of It's
three hundred and fifty mosques. Ers
the distance the Nile winds like Il hinge
serpent. In front, beyond the city.
the great pyramids reared their gigan-
tic SUBMITS far above the horizon; 10
the left, away mp the Nile, The seven
pyramids Of SakkaHr; and, heyond all,
the great Lyi,ian desert, like AZ oceai.
OF sand. i'll which the sun .rts, nr<>-
senting very 1n1Ich the cSanealpoara1,et-
rs az sea, 50 straight was the Iiue oEs,ic,
horizon. Turning now round tn ihc,
cas-, the moon was shining oycr the
Arabian desert and the dCsoIate noun
iains which separate the valley cf he
Nile from the Red Sea. Alto@atiicr Il
WAS n scene Of magnificent c.-anticur
and beauty. ! must now 81: Sc this
long Litter will he VERY glad to
hear from yOll again.