The daily sentinel., 1913-09-17

the rent in the rock caused by the
earthquake after the crucifiNiou.
Cairo, Egypt. is city Of 100000
souls. 1t is built on the edge OF the
Libyan desert and is extremely hot
for about eight months out OF the
twelve It is a typical Arab town
camels are q common beast OF bur
den, and, with the small asses that
are such a frequent sight in Egypt.
they form some OF the commonest
street sights. with the exception OF
the European section OF the city
around Opera square, the streets OF
Cairo are mostly narrow but not as
dirty as the average Egyptian city.
The old city OF Cairo is mostly in
ruins. and what is left Of the ruins
is mostly being demolished.
Cairo is typically eastern in as
pect, with its flat-rOoled limestone
houses and its many minarets pier
cling the air. IL possesses remnants
of an ancient wall. and the Citadel
tan old structure which has been
added to) now forms an up-to-date
fort and Is surmounted by English
cannon and its barracks occupied by
English troops.
England does not own Egypt; it
is merely giving protection to the
Egyptian government. Egyptian
money and stamps are used.
Within the walls surrounding the
Citadel is Joseph's well. 1t is 600
feet deep and it was no easy task
for Joseph to draw water from it,
II is dug through the solid stone
sandstone it seems to be-and must
have been great task in the prim-
itiye days in which 1t was dug.
Further on in Old Cairo you come
to the remains OF the Tower OF
Babel a part looking like old
walls and portions Of an old gate
is all that is left
At little further on you come to
the place in the Nile where Moses
was found in the bullrushes by the
Egyptian princess. The guide shows
you the identical spot where the lit
tie bullrush boat was alleged to have
been found by the princess of old.
Returning to the city In the after
noon and after vending our way
through many narrow streets crowd
ed with camels and dOnkeys and
many natives in turoans and red
lezzes or Turkish caps, selling cool
ing drinks. the fruit of the cactus,
etc, we visited the Egyptian mu-
scum. Within this museum and well
preserved in q glass case is the mum
my of Rameses ii, the Pharaoh OF the
Bible, who ran the Jews out of
Egypt and across the Red sea. The
mummies of Pharaoh lis wife, fa-
ther and grandfather are also in the
museum, all in well preserved con-
dition. Many stone figures and large
granite statues from Memphis, the
ancient capital Of Egypt, together
with gold ornaments OF jewelry and
dress. are also to be seen. MImmies
of crocodiles, cats, monkeys, cows
and various other animals show that
the ancient Egyptians held sacred
and worshipped various animals. All
these relics are from four to six thou
sand years old and you feel as If you
were living in those ancient days
when you wander through this place.
The big pryamids and Sphinx are
IL miles from the center of the city
and are reached in one hours time by
an electric trolley line which runs
within few hundred yards of the
base OF the biggest pyramid, Cheops.
The pyramid of Cheops is $50 feet
high and 750 feet square at the base.
At a distance it seems to be con-
structed of small brick. which, on a
closer approach, resolve themselves
into large slabs Of limestone. some of
them as long as feet and half as
wide and thick. Most of the stones
forming the pyramids, though, are
not cyer or 4 feet long by 2 feet
vide and feet thick.
The pyramids are considered one
OF the wonders of the world and many
engineers have wondered how the
ancient Egyptians managed to get