, 1877-05-12

mar some day seize lit why should ne tndcAF0t
to cilusnte his sons when they mar he taken
where, under the furins Of cnnecrfptlona All
round about Catru there arc vast lath and plaster
buildings, chiefly standing in wide ear!lens, and
arc, nnl the answer II always tho samc-palaccs
eli hat lis l1ighness hail thtrty.threc palaces,
but hc stu goes on building. a ntagnIfi ficent
Just been furnished nt tihtzch. IN sight OF tho
Pyramids. Another il In process Of completion
on the opposite aide Of the rnal. There Is n
long, low house, round three sities Of s9uare,
wall made Of boarding patnted 10 initiate brick
work. facinE. tho island of lstsla. There Is
n splendid % but taw''ry plastcrwofk palayo
French style near Old Cairo. There Is vast
serEes ot irregular halls antl rooms Of state in
tho CITADEL. In fact, everywhere you turn There
is some such house building. os built, Or aban.
"palneo Of tic Khcllye." Il Is tic same as Jon
standing iokcs Ut the Milo voyage wherever n
hey hgu's r .. ., shts II .So as .a =,
in nlne cascs out Of ten tho answer Is in tho
affirmative, willis in tho tenth case II Is that
The tao tbu,IainE so,. IL question sns IelonEs IT, t.
boat lies at NhEzel,, ynu look out OF Your win
dom III tho early morning, you will probably
sce q long and melancholy procession on the
bank. First cos1,ea an Nl.lOoking mrn IN u rcd
Tllcn conc two or three t1ozen boys md girls,
half naked, footsOrc, weeping Us they limp
along, or trying tu sing kind OF slow chorus,
and following them another man wit!, canc.
which he freely useeto encourage tho lo!tcrers.
This is q gang Of day laborrrs. Tho kl,c-
l!yo Ia filling up some loH-lylug laul With earth
taken from the rivers bank, a;,a these poor IT.
tlc wrctehcs have bccr1 rcqntsitloncd iror tho
villages aud suburbs to carry the sol! frun, one
side II tho road 10 tho other. They arc paid d
microscopic price,-at least II is paid to tho
tasktnastcr,--and You hope aga!nas hopo t1at
they ever get asiy Of T.. In the hot midday
work, and alter sul,act you hear tho sad chant
ot the morning anti sec tlls samo
proccsstons, without tho cnnes, Ruiug
home. II is shockfng to see young girls
lime for the builders, or running up anl down
10 the Milo fur watcr for the workers, their feot
mud often their baro shoulders bleeding. Their
lIrea arc bitter with hard bon1agc, III mortar
field" ns Muses. wrutc Of tic Israelitca; only
s,tiicr at tha hauis Of tia Turks. Forced lauor
Is It'll thc rule all through Egypt, as 4 prob
@ works hasc ben performed by It. a IL t1s tic
snses sns Canal TorR at lie IL sailSay. aa3 above %
all, nt the palaces Of tic khtui7c, the nborcta
aro driven to their tasis, mud arc paid Is ttloEr
masters please. In the sugar factories they re-
cciyc portion Of trcaclc, valued at tho highest
market price, for their wages; and, II they like
can sell 1t back again at the lowest ttrlec Just
as we may suppose til. greatest pyramids on
the long fine u hills n6oyc the ancient Memphis
to By symbolcal Of tho tyranny whiei, afflicted
the laborinE population of the vast city 70 ulany
centuries ai.u, 30 tho carthworks tho long walls.
the high r0adways, and ths palaces OF the khe-
dive, arc signs Of the aflltct,uns which Eugl!sl,
inuncy cna6!es the Turkish rulers to lay upon
Cairo anl all Egypt.
English bondholdefs may wonder where their
money has gone, but o few days In Cairo would
soon settle thelr minds. Let them look
a. tho palaces, Is aforesaid; let them
wntk past two or three Of the vast
barracks, cacll flllcd with black regl-
H,ents, every man Of which has been bought
from slavc&!ealcr in Central Africa and trans
ported at immense cost, In spItc OF nil treaties
with the aboiitionlsts. Let them stand astdc a.
two croo,ns In purple md gold md dne linen
elcar the way for magnificent pair Of English
hIglI.stcpptnE horses drawing the carriaEe In
while couple OF huasars trot nt tho wheels;
let them, III short, see Cairo as It Is, AMI not
through tho false gloss Ut half French ciytliza-
tlon which lts Turkish conquerors hare imposed
on