Africa . FRUIT-SELLER OF CAIRO. To face page 212. EGYPT. 213 not only the goods, but also their owner; or the drivermay be seen running alongside holding on to the pack-saddle so as to be dragged along by the animal. Eiderson splendid horses are often met, and these, with theirpicturesque oriental equipage, give a fine effect to the FEMALE COSTUME. Turks, Arabs, Armenians, Franks, Jews, Kopts, Negroes,beggars, and among these many blind men, all move inchaotic confusion, and with continual din, among oneanother. The native women are all veiled, and their loosehanging clothes give no id
Africa . FRUIT-SELLER OF CAIRO. To face page 212. EGYPT. 213 not only the goods, but also their owner; or the drivermay be seen running alongside holding on to the pack-saddle so as to be dragged along by the animal. Eiderson splendid horses are often met, and these, with theirpicturesque oriental equipage, give a fine effect to the FEMALE COSTUME. Turks, Arabs, Armenians, Franks, Jews, Kopts, Negroes,beggars, and among these many blind men, all move inchaotic confusion, and with continual din, among oneanother. The native women are all veiled, and their loosehanging clothes give no idea of their forms. The divansare small, but have large bow windows in their wooden walls,and they are much frequented, for the oriental is most at 214 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. home in his coffee-house ; here chibouks, hashish,and opiumare smoked, while music is played, or some story-teller islistened to. 5. From Cairo to the Cataracts. The best way to visit Egypt proper—that is, the Nilevalley—is to make the journey by water in a Nile boat or dahabieh. For the portion of the trip as far as the SecondCataract at Wady Haifa, little more is now required thana well-filled purse. The first objects attracting attention are the world-famed pyramids of Gizeh, the ruins of Memphis, thepyramids and burial-grounds of Sakarah and
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