The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-02-26
THE UNITED OPINION FRIDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 49, 1897

now, it is found here, of all places! Yes,
the pyramids are fad. The elect deign
to come to look at the work of the Pha-
raohs and to barter with the great un-
washed for beads and a ride on a camel,
while a drayman stands by with whip
to keep the crowd who beg for bakshish
from crOwding you too much or perhaps
covering you with tleaS.
Well this hotel, Mena House Hotel is
fine and we are to have lunch and rest
here, and then ride up to the very base of
the Pyramid. The road is just as good as
the one we came out on. After that the
sand is pretty deep to travel about to see
things. The hotel was very handsome
and interesting, built as real Egyptian
house i'll every sense of the word so it
was worth seeing. The air was just
charming and everybody was out on the
terrace, 1--WE should call it Veranda or
piazza only the terraces are as deep as a
very large room. People, both fashionable
and lnValldS, come here to stay all WIN
ter. The lunch was superb and served
beautifully. After that we went out on
the terrace to watch the snake charmers,
and then the carriages were waiting and
we went up to the Pyramid and then
everybody said better not go down into
the chambers, and the couriers advised
me not to go, there was so much STOPPING
and the smell of the bats was dreadful. |
think the smell decided me, as [ have had
Soou oppOItu niIS 10 compare SlnellS Sluce
we reached AlgierS and | concluded |
was willing to forego the bats. Finally
all the ladies after going little ways
came back and left the gentlemen to 90
on alone, so the old Sheik didn't get so
large party as he expected to fee him,
Well l.. and NJ. concluded to try and
climb the Pyramid, but | thought |
wouldn't go. | was not sure | was quite
strong enough yet, although | am gaining
ground all the time and don't want to
spoil things for we have got lots of travel
before us for the next few weeks, so when
they started the courier took the rest of
the ladies around to see the Sphinx and
down into the ruins of the temple of the
Sphinx, lawful walking in the sand and
to see remains of tombs and to get good
outlook of the Pyramids. They look eX-
actly like the pictures; just as Niagara
Falls do, rather hackneyed, but the old
Sheik took us down into a dark crypt and
lighted candle. This was in the temple
ruins, to show us that the stairs we came
down were alabaSter, as could be seen
when the sand had been scraped Off.
There was good deal that was interest |
ing, but not much to tell, and we were
tired blowing through the sand and run
ming against the donkeys, getting mixed |
up with camels and dOnkeys; Arabs pull |
ing your dress to attract attention or to
show you that a camels nose is just over
yours. | said wanted to ride a camel |
down to the base Of the Pyramid and |
picked out a great tall one with lots of |
trapping. They were all heights. He
was made to kneel and the Arab boy |
helped me on. The getting up was
dreadful, but | stuck on and |
one of the boys held my hand until l felt
secure and said | could hold on the saddle.
on hold on with one hand behind. The
Arabs are all kind and good natured even
when they poster the life out of you to
buy or to give. On getting down to the
Pyramid we found the carriages waiting
and rode down to the hotel for wraps,
etc, and, started for the city with
long procession of carriages and the same
gay crowd that came up in the a. m. 1t
was growing cool again. The sun was
getting low behind the Pyramids and
engtheued them out so that they looked
more as | expected. Long shadows were
brown out on the bright green of The
lelta, and bright CLEANS come through
he thick branches. The Delta and the
3onvalard were as full of life as ever with
ONE new phases. We saw some of the
larem ladies as we knew by the white
ellis that hid their faces, and the fine
arriages from which they descendedto
walk little ways in procession with