Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-18
HISTORIC EGYPT.
SIGHTS AND SCENES IN ALEXANDRIA AND
CAIRO.
An Interesting Letter From Rev. c. C. Hays
The View From the Great Pyramid-A
Call On Zobair Pasha-Egyptan
Merchants.

Al interesting Letter From Rev. T. G. Hays
The View From the Great Pyramid
Call On ZoOair Pasha- Egyptian
Merchants.
CAIRO, EGYrr March 20, 1904
prosperous voyage of four days and a
half on the Mediterranean. skirtine
Sicily and Crete, and passing i'm sight OF
the volcanoes of Etna and Strom.
boil, and Alexandria comes into view.
Ii was our first introduction TO the ORR
ent. The Egyptian pilot came out Il
meet us i'm vessel Of ancient pattern.
propelled by long oars in the hands OF
Swarthy Arabs, all in Scanty native cos
tune Arriving in the harbOr we were
az once surrounded by a feet OF boats.
and az the landing a very Babel Of ma
tionalitieS and tongues, 4 great crowd
of shouting and quarreing boatmcn.
| p0rterS and donkey boys, turbaned,
/ bare-legged and barefooted-as novel
and exciting a scene as can be witnessed
anywhere. Fighting our way To the
carriages I'm waiting our tourist agents
soon had us through the gauntlet Of the
Custom House and in our hotel ready
/ for breakfast. How We did enjoy that
meal,
If anyone is dissatisfied with his
home table. he ought to take a trip on
am Italian steamer. Then, if the Lord
will only spare him TO reach land and
enjoy good, clean bite, he will never
utter another complaint.
Alexandria is the gate OF Egypt and
/ OF great commercial Importance. In
| thirty years, Notwithstanding the rough
experience 10 has passed through. il has
made wonderful progress. DR.. Ewing
/ told MS of an advance in real estate
/ from one cent square meter about a
/ Yard To- $50. Many of the stores would
do credit TO our American cities, but
We were most interested i'm the BazaarS
of the natives, and spent some time
wandering through them. They are
mostly in narrow, hall-lighted lanes,
and remind me of the stalls i'm our mar
/ ket houses
some of the shops or stalls are not
much larger than a good sized store box,
but they manage to display an immense
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bazaarS of gold and silver ornaments, Of
silks and carpets and slippers and pipes
and tobacco. antiquities of all sorts,
and. I'm fact, everything can be had at
about half the price asked. The merch-
ant sits crOSS-legged. smoking his long
pipe with great dignity. Then you may
see the native at his work, manufacture
/ ing his goods I'm the most primitive way.
/ You are iOStled about and run into by
dOnkcyS and carts and half-naked Arabs
until your head almost SwimS, and the
guide keeps warning you TO look out for
your pocket-boOk and watch. Although
Alexandria itself is place of great his
LtOric interest, its attractions are soon
seen, and after one day we were ready
20 move ON TO Cairo.
THE JOURNEY TO CAIRO.
The Journey required about four hours
by rail, and is full OF surprises. IL was
the first railway built in the East, and
what an establishment 10 must have
been. The tickets are printed IN Ara
bic letters. which, as the IriShman said,
look like % hen Scracth. The road
passes through the rich plain of the
Delta. The plain is as flat and fertile
as any of our river bottoms, but the
crops are dependent ON irrigation, rain
seldom falling in Egypt Strange sights
appear ON every hand. Stately palm
trees trains of camclS loaded with grain
4 and grass, natives blowing with buifalos,
or drawing water from the Nile, mud
/ villages. with troops of duSky children
and wretched looking women. here and
there great crowds of men, women and
children. doukeys and camclS (for il is a
T feat dayl, and now in the distance the
wonderful Pyramids which We have
heard about from childhood.
After ten days i'm around Cairo, ! am
willing 20 believe that Egypt contains
more wonders than any other land. II
/ is impossible 10 describe any or them
in the brief compass of letter. or
course our first drive was 10 the Pyra-
mids. They are on the borders of the
Great Desert. about ten miles from the
city and by a good road completely
shaded. We luched i'm the ancient
|temple of the Sphinx. at the foot OF the
Sphinx itself and close TO the Pyramids.
a horde of hungry BedOuinS were wait
ing 10 gallant us 20 the top of the Pyra-
mid of Ghizch. the greatest of them all.
The ascent is quite an undertaking, and
those who had any heart or lung trouble
were warned not to try it. The Arabs
of the neighborhood think il ncceS-
sary that at least three Of them
should assist you-onc ON either side to
pull and one behind To- boost you.
We might each have had a score or
more 20 help MS, but three was an
abundance, and after a great deal OF
palavering and repeated promises OF
..backsheesh" we reached the top. The
view is simply enchanting. a panorama
without parallel On the one hand
the green
GARDEN OF THE NILE,
Ie,d or the other the yellow desert: to-