. Punch . I have tried tumbling in both ways, and recommend the latter as by farthe pleasantest and safest. I chose the Mosaic Arab then—one for thedragoman, one for the requisites of refreshment, and two for myself—notthat I proposed to ride two at once, but a person of a certain dimensionhad best have a couple of animals in case of accident. I left Cairo on the afternoon of October 18, never hinting to a singleperson the mighty purpose of my journey. The waters were out, and wehad to cross them thrice—twice in track-boats, once on the shoulders ofabominable Arabs,. who take a pleasure in sli
. Punch . I have tried tumbling in both ways, and recommend the latter as by farthe pleasantest and safest. I chose the Mosaic Arab then—one for thedragoman, one for the requisites of refreshment, and two for myself—notthat I proposed to ride two at once, but a person of a certain dimensionhad best have a couple of animals in case of accident. I left Cairo on the afternoon of October 18, never hinting to a singleperson the mighty purpose of my journey. The waters were out, and wehad to cross them thrice—twice in track-boats, once on the shoulders ofabominable Arabs,. who take a pleasure in slipping and in making believe to plunge you inthe stream. When in the midst of it, the brutes stop and demand moneyof you—you are alarmed, the savages may drop you if you do not give—you promise that you will do so. The half-naked ruffians who conductyou up the Pyramid, when they have got you panting to the most steep,dangerous, and lonely stone, make the same demand, pointing downwardswhile they beg, as if they would fling you in that direction on soon as you have breath, you promise more money—it is the best way—you are a fool if you give it when you come down. The journey I find briefly set down in my pocket-book as thus :—Cairo-Gardens— Mosquitoes—Women dressed in blue—Children dressed innothing—Old Cairo—Nile, dirty water, ferry-boat—Town—Palm-trees,ferry-boat, canal, palm-trees, town—Rice-fields—Maize-fields—Fellows ondromedaries—Donkey down—Over his head—Pick up pieces—Morepalm-trees—More rice-fields—W
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