Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-09-12
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desert, stands the famous citadel which
has been the theatre of so 1aonvhlao,!r
tragedles-amOng which tthn 1l,assao,n
OF 900 Mamelukes by McSo1oct Al
IN 1911 Will be remembered Thcr
We're powerful military or~anizo.ior
and had more than once killed or !,
posed the Viceroys WHO ,,i.,tI,......,.
them. Mehamet Ali ordered them -
the citadel for II review, 1noslntrI a.
usual. lie lined the battIemnrt OF ;Ic
citadel with Albanian infantry. Whom
| the Mamciukes were all in the court
yard, heavy musketry fire was 0fe,itI
upon them and they were all Killed ry-
| cept one, who made his horse scramble
! up To the parapet and then iei-s- & ht,n
down perpendicular depth oI liffy
feet. The horse was killed, alla the
rider escaped The place is now shown
as the " MameIulc's Leap, and !i,era
! IS no doubt as To the fact The cit, lei
| contains the mosque afterwards Iarit
by Mehemet Ali. 1t i; Of alal.a~4 T..
and has two of the nost beautiful IA. J.
arets III Cairo. There are also i,a.-
| racks, palace, an arsenal an,lvariugs
| other establishments. 1t comn.as.d
the entire city, which is rirht under rs
cannon. The lew from the citadel
hull about sllndown IS perfectly magli-
ficcnt. Facing towards the West, Won
see at your feet the whole city. stretch
ing away to the Nile, with its tIlousand
mlnarets, its domes, its palaces. and
its gardens of waving palm-tr..cs, While
the river winds like silver thread IN
the distant plain. Eight or ten miles
beyond it, right IN front OF you, ri9o
the great Pyramids of Gizch, whose
sharp SUBMITS tower above the line OF
the Lybian hills behind them. Tncv
stand Oh the first elevation above the
green valley, and beyond them the
Lybian desert stretches ont Of sight.
On the left, far up the river, you can
see the seven Pyramids of S5akhara"nI
trace the narrow valley of the Nil, like
a green ribbon between the two wastes
of yellow sand. On the right, the val
ley spreads ont Of view into the broad
plains Of the Delta, while IN nI:,iv pia-,
ces the course of the Nile OF some 0f
its broad canals is revealed ONLY lty.hc
white latccn sails OF the Riu,i,t ,fnK&. a&
the Nile boats are called All th.>
splendid panot anna giitters III iha re-
fulGent sunlight OF Egypt, under which
even the ever-present dust turns 10
golden glory. And, rs yo1l look. the
sun touches the horizon. Gradually Il
SINKS below the line of the desert. near
ly as straight as the horizon of thcsca,
until 4 little more than onc-eixil of
the disk is visible, which all at once
disappears Mt one Sudden plunge.
Then, turn to the left and n little IT,
the rear, and how different is the
scene The nneqnallcd moon Of EgyEt
has just risen. and its silver light min
giles with the brilliant GLOW of depart
ing day. As you now stand, nothing
lies before You but the "Toml% of the
Caliphs'' and the Mohammc,lan cene-
teries, scattered i'll dreary ra.ines of
yellow sand. Beyond and around,
sand, sand, without Il green thing IL
refresh the eye. Right there, at ,Totlr
feet, hegins the great Arabian Desert,
stretching away to the shores Of tll,
Red Sea, lifeless, trcelcss, Wsterlo*s,
broken only by the cham C.. the rl:.I-
attain mountains, whose ruEY,,. and
rocky sides form lit background for
this scene of matchIess dcsoia:ion.