Connecticut western news., 1873-05-02
Egypt.
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 Cairo is surrounded by walls, and in ih midst of gardens and groves of mirnosas and palms. Orientslism Is said to be gres, er and more striking than in any other east. ern city aside from Damascus. The houses are high. and solsdly constructed, with fla, roofs. Court yards containing wells and fountains. the upper stories occupied by the females and children, while the master receives his guests below. All are tired, and retire direct from the table d. hote.
 CAIRD, SUNDAY, March lG.-A rainy morn. yet all decide on going to church ; wr drove first to the Copts. the descend ants of the ancient Egyptians and are thu. native christians of Egypt. We found their place of worship in the part of an old Crack convent. by dint of perseverance, through long D Irrnw lane of shops lead ing to it. They We're celebrating "Euc ha- rist ;" they have no imag"s but some paint ings ia the stiff Byzantine style; their uus;c hy K choir Of blind men. while th. 'Eararch" distributed; IL. hrrn,! and wine The women are not perin,t,cd to slt with the men. but in screeuei gallery ouitr rem 'te from the congregation who remain standing, nnd apparently attentive. Th, Patriarch Cor Antripolilain) as !fe ls now called, wore a beautiful richly ornan,rnt,4l crown, robe, JEc.. ot white. Tue litil, deacons seemed to range in age from hy, m twenty years. preserving the dignity ol ,ftRr u..
 forms were strongly tinctured with Catho heis'n. Tneir baptism is performed in u special department arranged with tubs for inun .raion. From here we attend,d the Mis ionary church, now filled by Mir. Lan- sing. small, frnil looking man, assisted b, Missionary fr"m lower Egypt. The au- dience WAS seated. but as esore, the wo- men in separate room, screened from ih, sight of all except the minister. They bad much more tidy and enlightened look and air than those of the first church visited Tue Copts dwell chiefly in towns, and sr.. generally employed in offices of trust on. had tod me they had French and English taught in their schools. A Miss Whs,ly has celebrated school here of long stand. ing. Sue is the daughter of Arch Bishop Whately of England. In the evening Rev. Mr. Psyson and brothers came in for A sing.
 2 MONDAY, Mar. l7.-Thls has been a day of toii, but not without It's compensation. Left at eight o'clock precisely for the pyra. mics of Shizah, II miles from the city, Hue morning was clear, following, crossing and within sight of tue Nile, the widespread African desert of Egypt before us and ap- parently within mile of Shizeh at the dis. lance of ten; so clear is the noondav air. and so boldly to the pyramids stand out in the distant view. Cheops, or the gres, pyramid. was the direct object of attack. and the one usually ascended by tourists. These pyramids We're built as monuments by the different king. commenced in mod crate proportions with layers of stone sd. ded annually, which size designates the length of monarch's reign, some being immense, while others are in an embrye state. On the death of the kings the pyra- mtds were enveloped in hard polished stones' the same as the ssrcaphagus within ana covered with sculptures but this casing has been mostly taken of from time 10 time, to ornament mosques, with the exception of one. Sheseh Is on the bor osrs UT the African desert, once populeus city, of which nothing remains but tn. pyramids. Spbynx and one Egyptian tenn A HsANkr rrNfA and following us for miles, screaming tn. ever lasting Bacsscheech, B.ckscheeh (neani1g money, money) which you hear from young and old, from the moment vou put your foot on African soil. till vour d.. parture. gathered around us, and had it no, been for the brsndishing of canes by drag omen and conriers and tue other gents eI- lowing and fghing Gas iu drunken row " ballot oox of town election) we should have been literally crushed and smo,hered A shiek Was selected who called forth his men; three Arabs to every lady, and two 70 every man all preferring those wearing loose white sack coming to the knees. ,o those with next to no sr"logy for dress, ss diity black girdle round the thighs, turban @e. The ascent commenced on the north west corner of Cheops. 7sO feet rising from oase which measures 764 feet each WAY, anu covering II acres of gruund. We are told this mighty king employed S6O, GOO men 20 years in building this monument. The blocks average three feet in height, which made 1t rather ''tall walking," bat with an Arab ciutching each hand, and one boost ing behind, we were propelled in spite of screams of laughter and shouts of distress Miss Atwster being the first to reach the summit in the space of seven minutes. Th+ platform at the top gave standing room TOT S5, which view We could have enjoyed tor hours except for the crowd pressing up. The vast deserts, Arabian on one side and African on the other. cities of Cairo. O shnr, Bedreshager, Abousir and Sahara, tue Nile with its green banks and oases of waving Palms. formed panorama worth hours of toll and fatigue. We descended more cautiously, and every ten feet gen. eral stampede, demanding ''Backsheech, ' which we overcame by pledging to retain uem for the interior. With the excep,iou of four Indies and three gents, all refused going in; u heinz far more difficult thar the exterior. but for me had come too fal to yield any rational demand, 90 securing our skirts and provided with brandy, cam phor. &c.. lest some one be overcome b, the density of the atmosphere, we started. | N,aa
 travellers often represent 1t, yet we wer, nearly suffocsted in the first gallery, whicl descends l30 feet and then rises to the sam, height. where we found the Queens cham Der. the well, thence to the sercophagus O Kings chamber, where the royal remain