Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-18

cannot do them justice. We saw the immense statue of Rameses IT., with his favorite wife, Nepatoral, by his side. The lotus and papyrus columns interested me very much-the lotus the emblem of Upper Egypt, the pa pyrus of Lower Egypt. They are used in almost every possible decora- ton.
 Tn the afternoon we went to kar- nak on donkeys. We each had our
 donkey boy to run by us. Mine was to the Presbyterian mission school and could talk English. He said his name in Nubian was Phrygali, but in English it was Sambo. We passed by , rows and rows of date palms, acacia trees and mimosa trees. We passed ruins of an avenue of sphynxes to the small temple of Krans. These sphynxes used to reach from Karnak to Luxor, three miles. When we got to the great temple of Ammon, there was another avenue of. sphynxes, which used to reach to the Nile; many of these are still almost per- feet. The avenue must have been wonderful. It is said that Moses saw these sphyn1es. There is a large statue of Rameses II. there. Saw two wonderful obelisks, one erected by Queen iHat-sep-su (the Queen Eliza beth of Egypt
 Friday we went to TheDeS-We crossed the Nile in donIbeyah { ], a kind of sail boat; rode the dOnkeys seven miles through most fertile country at first, through fields of pop pies, so bright in their varied colors but destined to do much harm through the opium made from them. We soon came to the Lybian desert--rode for some time over the hot sand and through the barren mountains, to the Tombs Of kings-so very interesting. They were legion. We went through three, which were enough for me Rameses VI, Seti I. and Amenophis IT, They were wonderful We then went on to the Ramessium, where is the fallen gigantic statue of Rameses IT., one ear measures three feet. There were many ruins here and sta tues. Then We went by the two Colossi one of which was called the Vocal Memnon from the sound it emitted. It is wonderful how such blocks of granite could be managed. They are each hewn out of one piece.
 Yesterday morning We spent in the Egyptian museum, saw the mummy of dren of Israel There were, of course, many interesting objects in this museum, bread 1000 years old. talk en from tomb; also wheat, dates. etc.
 Yesterday afternoon We had most 1, delightful drive to the Pyramids and ! Sphynx, through the beautiful part of Cairo, along an avenue of acacia l trees three miles long, across the Nile. By the way, I understand now :~out the color Nile green Some ! of us rode camels over the sandy waste from Cheops to the 5phynx. March 25-0n board s, Arabic = We are en route to Naples and Rome About two hours ago we passed Mes sina, the scene Of the terrible catas- trophe. The sky had clouIed over and it really seemed quite appropri- ate, the heavy clouds hung over the hills, and it brought out the city in contrast. It made more real 10 H. the suffering and death that had been in the little island. The sea was quito angry and heavy wind was blowing. With powerful field glasses We could see some ruins, but to the naked eye it looked very pretty city still There were gaps where buildings had been, but it was not the scene O. complete desolation we had expected to see. Reggie. across the strait II Italy, showed much more destruction
 Sicily ia a beautiful island and th, coast of Italy charmed US all.
 watched eagerly for Scylfa ant Chary5dis-soon saw the whirlpool quite rough and mutinous looking. little later we went on deck to SC. Stromboli, which rose abruptly out o the water, cone shaped mountain VIII write again from Naples.