. The redemption of Egypt. amels, buffalo, oxen, sheep, goats, and the ubiquitous donkey;and more than once Ave came upon strange groups in Avhich theincongruous forms of the larger animals Avere curiously mingledAvith the men, Avonien, and children. As Ave approached the goalof our journey the appearance of the country improved ; the treesAvere finer and more luxuriant, and the streams and Avater-coursesAvere larger and more numerous. Here Ave seemed to see some-thing of the original lake-land, Avhich had been gradually Avonfrom the Avaters of Lake Moeris. On such journeys, and especially Avh
. The redemption of Egypt. amels, buffalo, oxen, sheep, goats, and the ubiquitous donkey;and more than once Ave came upon strange groups in Avhich theincongruous forms of the larger animals Avere curiously mingledAvith the men, Avonien, and children. As Ave approached the goalof our journey the appearance of the country improved ; the treesAvere finer and more luxuriant, and the streams and Avater-coursesAvere larger and more numerous. Here Ave seemed to see some-thing of the original lake-land, Avhich had been gradually Avonfrom the Avaters of Lake Moeris. On such journeys, and especially Avhen I sat sketching, I Avas 312 THE REDEMPTION OF EGYPT able to see something of the fellah, as he appears in his nativefields. More than once when I was thus engaged, a native Avouldoffer, of his own accord, to do me some slight service. On oneoccasion he spread his loose cloak, so that I might light my pipein spite of the wind. When I was sketching in the nativequarters of Cairo, and again at Luxor, I had found the native. An Arab Shepherd. {Photo, by Mrs. Kay.) people civil enough. The donkey boys of Cairo, in particular,took an interest in my Avork, and I often heard a long-drawnhcais (good) from one or other of the group which had beenpatiently watching me. But in Cairo and Luxor, and in factwherever there were tourists, the performance of any service,however slight, was invariably accompanied by a demandfor bakshish. But here, where the native had not yet been LOCAL GOVERNMENT 313 demoralized, such small services proceeded from the naturalbonhomie, which is a pleasing trait in the Arab character. AtLuxor, also, I was able to see something of the Arab at was indebted for this t)pportunity to a native gentleman of thatplace, to whom I had presented an introduction from a friend inCairo. This gentleman provided me with a guide, who was ableto take me into some of the characteristic dwellings of the native
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