Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-04-30
Wintering i'm Epynt.

The long sea passage has hitherto
deferred many persons from visiting
Egypt; but now that the journey irons
Brndlsi to Alexandria can be made in
three days and half, the superiority
OF Lower Egypt over the south of
france or Italy as a winter residence.
will become better known and appre-
c1atet. Cairo is, par excellence. the
most perfect Arab city of the present
day, and one in which it's inhabitants
have, perhaps, attained to higher de-
gree of civilization than in any other
city IN the East. The climate of Egypt
is salubrlous during the greater part of
the year, and, in Alexandria, even the
heat of summer is seldom oppressive,
being tempered by a fresh northerlv
breeze. The Khamseen, or hot south
wind, however, which prevails in April
and May, is at times unpleasant, and
the foundations from the Nile render
the latter part Of the autumn less
healthy than the summer and winter.
In summer the village of Ramieh, four
miles from Alexandria, is a charming
residence, while Cairo, from it's clear,
dry atmosphere and equable tempera
ture, is now admitted to be one Of the
most desirable winter resorts for inya-
lids in the world The Khedive, too.
who, from his immense wealth. his
splendid hospitality and liberal patron
age Of art, is justly entitled to be called
the Haroun-al-Raschid of modern
times, is fast rendering his capital as
luxurious as it is interesting.
One of the principal advantages
yyhInh G 40, ,r
residence in a favorable climate Is.
that they are enabled to take daily and
efficient exercise in the open air. either
on foot, donkey back, horse back, or
in Garage. The atmosphere is not
subject to any sudden change, nor is
there danger of vicissitudes of tenn
perature such as are experienced in
many places in the south of Europe,
nor cold cutting winds such as fre-
quently prevail during winter and
spring at Nice and Naples. The
complete change, too, from the habits
and commons of Western Europe
to those of an Eastern city like Cairo
is, | am convinced, of immense i'm
portance to yaletudlnarians for i'm
pressions made upon the mind react
upon the body, and the novelty of tt e
new style of life in Egypt gradually
wears one from too frequent thought
of self. Who could think of dyspep-
STA or hypochondriasis while beholding
the lovely sunrises and glorious sun
sets, which, in this feggy and compar-
atively dismal land, are never seen, or
while contemplating, as at Thebes, the
ruins of civilization that existed long
before Athens and Rome were ever
thought of, or the history of Greece
had ever been begun2
The pleasantest months in the year
for a residence at Cairo are December,
January, February and March. The
foundations of the Nile having sub
sided leave the fields IN November COW
cred with a fresh layer of rich deposit; ;
then the lands are put under cultiva-
ton; and during our winter months,
which are, in fact, the spring months
in Egypt, the Delta, as we'll as the val
ley of the Nile, looks like a delightful
garden, teeming with verdure and
beautiful with the blossoms of trees
and plants. 1t very seldom rains at
Cairo, probably not more than three or
four times in the year.-BeIgraUia F.,