Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-14
KELLEY IN EGYPT.
orr Hx.xAYoR on The BANKS OF THE
RIVER NILE.
Life in the Land Of tho Pharoahs' OF the
Pyramids, and the Palms,
&C, &c.


Pay.ee/ho) plunged into the blue waters oil
the superb hay. Within ten minutes a
hundred Of the native boats, some thir'y
feet long or less, with single mast ana
Ia,,een.sail each, were crowding around
the .hip.s,airs WAITING for the signal per-
m;,t,ne them 10 come aboard and struggle
ter The custody and transportation
ashore Of our traps: for the steam
els do not 90 INTO dock, as IN
our country. but anchor in mid->tream ana
discharge all their contents by boats. In
the evening about twenty minutes TO 10
we arrived here, ana this morning your
letter. which was awaiting me, was handeu
me-,he first have received from my west
ern home. can but show my spprecla.
iiou Of II by answering 1t at once ana
thanking YOU for sending II, aud especlaHN
For the delight Afforded me bv your report
~ the generous things said OF me IN con.
ycution by my far-on but warmy-cherlshed
brothers OF the |. {. Il. t., 10 whom IN
tins informal way, send my ailectionatc
membranes and most cordial thanks.
TIE BeATnEN.
Just now nv youngest hopeful ha'ing
finished "tifliu, the universal EASTERN name
Tor luncheon wherever the English nave
footing. has straddlcd fine black donkey
and Is coursing along under the pal n-trees'
with a stalwaTt Arab tIottlDg after him,
and shall avail myself OF that hour OF relief
ffom'the innumcraoe questions which this
novel land suggests TO him TO answer you.
| have said that at sunrise yesterday the ma
five boa's were cruising around the ship
waiting PERMISSION 10 seize on uS.
For hall an hour. while we we're making
ready for them, leaned over the rail and
watched them with increasing Interest.
Each boa, had crew OF thrce-one to
handle The sail, one 10 row. and one 10
steer. Usually they were men OF the hncSt
pbysimue have ever seen-the majority six
feet high and finely built, all Arabs, and
not one endowed with the smallest quantity
OF The celestial Kilt Of silence. Driving
into each other, pushing each other aside,
not III frequently falling into the water,
bowling. gesticulating, swearing. ] sl'-
pect, but never even approaching blow,
and all this hub.bub in 4 mixture Of Greek,
LILLIAN, French, English, and Arabic-for
they speak little Of all-the scene was a
lively one.
DECLARATION.
finally picked out with my eye superb
Al9I. no IOOhtu Inv " VI iN'Hi'
in bronze. and when ut last the mob broke
over the deck barganed with him for all
the work needed for our debarkation and
turr ed over my cares and my traps to his
charge. took down his agreement before
his eyes with my pebcil, a guarantee OF
an honest settlement, and be did his work
faithfully and well, cheating me out OF only
3 francs in a settlement involving G., 30
gave Allah praise for ms honesty and
charged up the swindle TO profit and loss.
There is not q professional baggage.
on the Pennsylvania railroad that can ma
nipulate trunk like these stalwart giants.
In q few moments we stepped ashore and
stepped across thirty centuries as weIl~
ARAB LIFE.
No one without experiencing II can
realize the absolute contradiction 1t l.
more than contfast-of everything we knew
by everything We saw. ] would ill many
pages with these curious scenes, but
should not only he simply repeating what
NAV have been more carefully and after Tar
longer experience noted, bat fear even
the courteous patience Of your readers
would weary Of the recital. Still cannot
refrain from afew samples. No Done except
A European official ever bcStridcs horse.
The cities are flied with dOnkeys, even
smaller and more wiry than those al home,
which YOU can hire for two piaStres ten
ccnt,l an hour. with a Dacb>hce-h
or gilt to the attendants Of another
piaslre; and upon these almost all the bu,i-
ness and pleasure moving about OF The PEG.
p|c Is carried on The attendant. usually
The owner, i apt to be siXfootcr with
turhan. pair II nAgsy trousers coming
lust above hi, knee and made OF white cot
ton. and a gown Of calico coming down 10
his snklcs. lie j. always bardootcd, ana
when YOU mount he takes his position a
race or two in the rear aud trot, after YOU.
lie carries in his hand small stick about
three feet long. and il he tinds that The
donkey does not 20 4. fast as YOU wish he
grasp, tie stick near one end and
mod, the animal with il in the sides
or the cruppcr. The gowns are Of
,Xety imaginable color aud cOmJlna-
ton 81 colors, exception green; hut have
not. 20 far. seen man or woman dressed
IN any Garment 81 such color, except one
with green turhan. Green i, the sacred
color-thc color oi the Prophet and inter
dictcd save 70 certain families, or 70 rcr.
IONS who have. made the pilgrimage to
Mecca. | III Mtiltll iFi Atl' ilNNt 4 AAA -
about with their faces covered 10y a veil,
which begins under the eyes and * aitched
10 their head.gcar by yellow bobhin tna,
comes down the centre Of their forehead
and halfway down the nose.
TIE WOMEN.
A, any expense Of galiantrv, ! must say,
! such a. have vet seen, young and old, ar,
/ the most hideouS creatures ever met. Bu'
I | am Of course too young traveller 10 SCI
my Judgment against the testimony OF
| many W no have praised from DaNid'S tim,
/ TO ours the beauty Of the Egyptians.
/ And then il l. TO be remembered that
! have only seen the lowest class and grind
| inc poverty, insufficient food, squalor, and
nerlect. work everywhere, alike, the degra
! daiion and DETACHMENT Of physical beauty
| Mothers do not carry their year-old infant
in their arms. but a>tride their left Shoul
der, the Youngsters grabbing their head
/ kerchitf for security.
Most ot the mechanical trades arc ear
ricd on on the sidewalks or IN the streets
ard much the larger pant OF the native sell
in. j. by CRYING through the >trcets-on'
| result Of which is that from dawn nothin.
but long practice could cnsble forcigne
to sleep in an Egyptian city.
Water i carried about on mems backs II
| goai->kn>, one Of the legs Of the skin he
| ing used rs spout. >hcrbIt i carrie
! around IN cans holding about two gallon
and sold from house TO house. the Nende
| striking his cup against his can 10 atirac
attention 10 his wares. Everybody smokes
Every railrOad-car OH every train Is full O
II. stockings, even among such OF the NAL
population rs venture on shoes, seem pract
cally unknown.
| The naive bosses o. the stone-msSOns an
Others engaged in building carry canes wit
them which they often employ on the bar
legs Of the hands when they are idling thei
time.
FUNERAL.
4 funeral passed us-no less odd 10 on
ewes than the rest We saw. First came =
men gravcly heading the line. then SON
twenty -four boys. Of whom live or SIX hol
books open in their hand,, all chanting
then procession ot perhaps fifty more, an
following tins 4 long bier, with fran
work about three feet Highland ceTtainl
ten feet lOng--On il, covered with shaw
underneath which WAS the coffin, the Who'll
borne by four men on their shoulders an
finally about ten women cl0Sciy-yeiled.
Wicker baskets are used instead OF whec
barrows 10 carry earth from the foundation
to the street when new houses are going w
CoFFEE.
When mule attached 10 wagon b,
gins kicking his driver never gets into
rsgc-at least two or three have alrcad