. A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . iver. Passingthe rocks of Aboofayda, the Prince made someexcellent shots at individual cormorants, swarms ofwhich, were roosting and flying about the recessesof these grand cliffs. The range of limestone onour left is bored in all directions by square aper-tures, leading to the chambers, in which mummiesof sacred animals and possibly those of men wereburied. The navigation became very difficult, andeven our light steamer went once river winds and twists like a snake, andis as mischievous. A large town whi
. A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . iver. Passingthe rocks of Aboofayda, the Prince made someexcellent shots at individual cormorants, swarms ofwhich, were roosting and flying about the recessesof these grand cliffs. The range of limestone onour left is bored in all directions by square aper-tures, leading to the chambers, in which mummiesof sacred animals and possibly those of men wereburied. The navigation became very difficult, andeven our light steamer went once river winds and twists like a snake, andis as mischievous. A large town which wepassed towards evening, Manfaloot, was half de-stroyed some years ago by the washing away ofthe bank on which it stood. Here we shot bytwo dahabeahs, one with the British, another withthe United States flag; and farther on we over-took a very large and handsome boat flying thePrench tricolour, which greeted the Prince subse-quently, with a royal salute from pistols, double 192 SWOT. [chap. barrel and single barrel, very entliusiastically. Thanks to our gallant allies!. We saw Sioot for more than an hour-and-a-half,ere our steamer could reach the landing-place atdusk. There were considerable preparations to re-ceive the Eo3al party. About thirty irregularcavalry were drawn up on the bank, and the Governor,Abde Be}, and his functionaries, with horses, car-riages, and any number of donkeys, were in shore was brilliantly illuminated. Sioot has apopulation of 30,000 souls, and is a place ofgreat importance in Upper Egypt. It is the start-ing-point and terminus of the caravans betweenDongola and the province. Our party disem-barked and went through the town. A bright-eyedbo}^ who joined in the informal procession of nativesin our train, burst out into very good English, Til.] THE J BREED. 193 and shook hands with eveiy one all round. He isbrother of the American Consul, who can speakno English; and he learned to speak and write ata school established by some American
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