Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-01

looks like any other man. The
latter, with his suite of counts and
servants, has just executed a con-
tract with a dragoman for three
months shooting in Abyssinia at
G1500.
Shepherds is the popular resort
Of travellers bound to and from In
dia, and until 1874 it was without
a rival for the first place. The
scene in front Of either of these
carayansaries is most animated at
all hours during daylight. At the
gates dragomans donkey fellaheen,
boot-blacks, carriage-drivers, snake
charmers, jugglers, men with per-
forming monkeys and vendors of
various articles, are on the qui vive
to intercept every guest who
emerges. Some of them are most
aggraYating in their persistency,
and it is not uncommon to be fol-
lowed by three or four donkeys for
squares. If an intimation is given
that donkey is wanted, immedi-
ately dozen are upon the sidewalk,
surrounding the unlucky applicant.
To make peaceable choice is i'm
possible, the only effective remedy
being to give a few sharp raps with
a cane.
DRIVING IN EGYPT.
! The driving is no small feature
in the tout ensemble. All of the
carriages and harness are of Euro
pean manufacture, while among the
horses the stately Arabians are nu-
merous. The grandest equipages
have both a driver and a footman
upon the box, while in front of the
horses the nimble seis runs to clear
the way. These runners are dressed
in white, the skirt reaching only to
the knees, and the sleeves large and
flowing. An embroidered jacket,
with the tarboosh, or fez, as head
covering, completes the costume.
The lower limbs and feet are nude.
The staff of Office of the seis is a
{ slender stick and about one yard in
length, which he carries in a per-
pendicular position. The grace,
speed and endurance of these run
ners are most remarkable and in
teresting. Some carriages have two,
and those of the khedive aud his
family often appear with four, two
running abreast. The many equip
ages Of the khediye, his sons and
his wives, are all imported, and in
addition to a full number of the
servants already described, each has
two or four cavalrymen accompany
ing as body-guard.
/ THE KHEDIVE'S ESTABLISHMENT
The present khedive of Egypt is
lshmail Pasha, a descendant of the
energetic Mohammed Ali. He was
J born in 1880, and succeeded to the
! vicerOyalty in 1863. The title Of
viceroy was changed, in. 1868, to
that Of khiderYi, or khedive, as it is
I better known. While Ishmail is
much to be commended for the
many Improvements visible in
Egypt, he is equally to be condemn
ed for the extravaganza of his own
and his sons establishments. The
khediye sustains upwards of twenty
palaces in which he supports in
luxury three "proper wives" and
| three hundred women of the ha-
rem. Each of the grown "princes
: Of the blood" " also has his separate
palace and retinue of servants.
am unable to state how many horses
the stables Of the father and sons
contain, but they are numbered by
: hundreds. 1t is said here that re-
I. Gently the expenses of the court
= were much reduced by the discharge
f Of many servants and other moves
in the direction of economy, but
| there is still room for further whole
r sale retrenchment. The country Is
} already bankrupt, and from present
indications the financial condition
/ promises to be worse before it is
better. The yield of the crops de.
pends entirely upon the overflow ol
} the Nile, and this year the inunda.
ton was extremely unsatisfactory,
thereby rendering poor harvest
certain. a miserable tellah, or hus.
bandman, stated that his annual
> tax is four sovereigns per acre, an
amount which can leave but little
for his own subsistence. In the
cities business is dull, and travellers,
who constitute an important source
of revenue, are very few this season
Added to all these adverse circum.
! stances is the drain of men and
! money, incurred by Egypt's contri-
|, button to the force Of Turkey in
the war with Russia. And yet the
khediye must have three hundred
wives, twenty palaces and all his
clothing from Poole, Of London.
=, HENRY NJ. STANLEY.
: The renowned traveller, Stanley,
! arrived at Shepherds on Monday,
3lst ult, from his long journey Of
: exploration in the interior of Afri-
ca. On New Years day / had the
pleasure of an hours conversation