. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. HARRAOE, OR DAM, OF THE NILE, KlObK IN IH£ OUEZIUEH IALACi., UAIUO. CHAPTER 11. MILITARY LIFE IN CAIRO. Aspect of the Streets—The Hospitals—The Medical Staff—The Commissariat—The Grand Review beforethe Khedive—Aldin Palace and Square—The March Past—Aiahi in Prison. After what tliey had undergone in thedesert, and had still to endure in filthyEgyptian barracks or under canvas atGhezireh, the luxuries to he got in thehotels of Cairo, such as that of Shep-heards,the New Hotel, the Hotel duNil, the Hotel dOrient, and others,were most acceptable
. Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan. HARRAOE, OR DAM, OF THE NILE, KlObK IN IH£ OUEZIUEH IALACi., UAIUO. CHAPTER 11. MILITARY LIFE IN CAIRO. Aspect of the Streets—The Hospitals—The Medical Staff—The Commissariat—The Grand Review beforethe Khedive—Aldin Palace and Square—The March Past—Aiahi in Prison. After what tliey had undergone in thedesert, and had still to endure in filthyEgyptian barracks or under canvas atGhezireh, the luxuries to he got in thehotels of Cairo, such as that of Shep-heards,the New Hotel, the Hotel duNil, the Hotel dOrient, and others,were most acceptable to our groups they sat smoking at the spacious windows, looking with interestand wonder—even those who had servedin India—on the streets below, wherebazaars abounded and gay lamps swungto and fro, and where innumerablevendors of street goods were throngingin white turban or red tarboosh—thesellers of lily-roots, of melons, of cresses,of henna wherewith to dye the nails of COMING TRIAL OF EGYPTIAN PBISONEBS. 21 yellow-skinned beauties, tlie aquao
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