The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-07-03
FROM FOREIGN LANDS
A VANCE COUNTY W0MAN'S TRAVELS
ABROAD.

Lady She Tlade the Trip Without
Accident and Enjoyed Every
r1oment of the Time.
Mrs. W. II. jenkins has received q
letter from her sis:er-in-iaw, Mrs.
Cicero W. Harris, in which she de-
scribss most interesting tour in-
Guiding parts Of Europe, Asia and
Africa. Mrs. Harris and Miss Maude
Powell made the trip alone, met with
no accident whatever and enjoyed
every moment Of it. They sailed |
from New York February 11th Oh the |
Furst Bismark and first landed at |
Algiers. Here they found a modern
town at the foot of picturesque
range of mountains, and a harbor as
large and as beautiful as the Bay Of
Naples. They then went to Naples,
remained there three days sight-see-
| ing and sailed on the Com monwealth
to Alexandria, Egypt. Mrs. Harris
writes: 'One hundred Arabs met US
in little boat. mile from the city
| and swarmed around oar steamer
clamoring for patronage in French
Arabic, English, and Turkish. We
employed an Arab and when he got
us half way between the steamer ana
the wharf be began to insist on
large tip. He thought he could I'M
pose on us because We were women.
told him he could not and that If
he did not take us to the wharf at
once | would report him to the au-
thorities and signal the ship. We
stopped at the Khedevial Hotel,
perfect palace. paid accordingly,
and found Alexandria we'll worth see
ing We also found that Pompey's Pill
lar, as the guide books call it had moth
ing to do with Pompey but was sim
gle column left Of the portico of
temple built by the Emperor Diocls-
tisn to commemorate his victory
The train ride from Alexandria to
Cairo is through the rich Delta OF tho
Nile. Such wheat and cotton l never
saw before in my life. AS we ap-
preached Cairo the Pyramids APP
peared against the horizon. Consul
General Long advised US to take the
earliest Nile boat as the water in the
river was getting low, so We caught
the Rameses the Great and first an
chored in front of the magnificent
I columns of the ruined Temple OF
Luxor. Twas amazed at its size and
splendor. We rode on donkeys to
Karnak, along the banks OF the Nile
through groves of palm and orange
trees Then we sailed up the river
J to Thebes, riding on donkeys along
the historic route at the entrance Of
. which stand the famous Colossi q
}. Memnon. We visited Edfou, Esneh
u all the ruined cities Of the Nile val
ley including Abydos, which involved
9 donkey ride of fifteen miles, part o
which was through the Desert OF Sa
hara. When we reached Assonan WI
found the British had built an i'm
o mense dam just above the catarac
l. and a reservoir by which they pro
pose to control the inundation of thu
T. river. If they succeed they will adt
100000 acle OF arabic land to tn
valley Of the Nile. but they will prob
ably submerge the beautiful temple
% on the island of Philae and ultimatsl
is destroy them. We chartered boa
\ with four English ladies and gentle
=; men, and made the first ascent of tn
:, cataract of the Nile ever made in
i'd boat as large as ours. We struck !:
ne rock but landed dry and safe. w
a. had guide, an Arab sheik nams'
se Hadyi Mohammet Abou Alouwah. H
er translates hieroglyphics Cor pretend
a. to do SOY as easily as l read Englis
or French.
Y. 1--WE returned to Cairo where W
spent nearly month and were th
recipients of great many xocis
!; courtesies from the Consul Gsnsrs
), and Deputy Consul General. Their
~ was gay party on tho Ramesss tn
- Great, composed of wealthy Englis
", people, a Russian prince, two {
80 three countesses and seven Amer
~. cans. | played the piano nsarl
an every night for the young people
- dance on deck. 1t was early
IN March but the thermometer average
" from 80 to 80 degrees. We sale
-, from Alexandria on Russian steam'
80 and as l do not know one word
IN that language we had to make sigl
49, for what we wanted. We stopp'
AZ at Port Said and saw the Suez cana
~" Port Said is cleaner than Alexandra
~ We found the bubonic plague both
49, Toutah and Alexandria but there w
-, mono at Port Said From Port Sa
~ we went to Smyrna. climbed Mt. Pag
o,v and saw Ephesus in the distance. The
~, we landed at the Peracus and spent
month in Greece with headquarte
~ in Athens. We drove in carria,
-. through the Vale of Tempe and 81
~ tbs sun set with Mount Olympu
Mount Ossa and Mount Pelson in II
an view behind the snow-capped Pinsl
'ad mountains. We were within Il
~; miles of where Miss Stone was ca
~ tured and we heard there were t
brigands then on Mount Olympus,
,h we had an armed Greek soldier
the seat with our coachman a
',no forty othsr soldiers were scouri
~. the mountain. We sailed to Consts
tinople where we were watched
- the police from the time we lands
'ir. The Sultan suspects everybody and
"rn took one hour to get through t
w. custom house in spite of our pal
has ports. But it is . charming, dirty, dc
aon infested city with a fascination
A. it's own The Mosques are splend
~. especially that of St. Sophia.
Jew! lew stopped at Buda Perth aud Wen
49, en- route to Paris, where | await wi
.h. some anxiety news from home. T
~, Lord protected us throughout q We
tIa- derfnl journey.
80 PSI forgot to tell yon that
,r, most beautiful ride of my life "
'' under the light ofthe full moon to
.. Pyramids of Gizeh and the Sphil
hav We had carriage and two Amerit
III, Presbyterian preachers, one acco
,nIs panied by his wife, for an escort. I
~ road was through an avenue Of acac'
roro eight miles in length. The tr'
.;th were planted by order Of the Khsdi
,ext whom the Empress Lugenia visit