Toward the sunrise, being sketches of travel in Europe and the East, to which is added a Memorial sketch of the RevWilliam Morley Punshon . and beyond arerich and fertile fields, the gift of the Nile, coveredwith corn and waving palm trees. The Citadel is oneextreme of the Nile valley, the pyramids of Ghizehon the other, and the breadth of Egypt lies between,with the famous river, a sparkling mirror set inemerald greenness, stretching up and down far as theeye can reach, while beyond stretches the vast desertof Lybia. While at the Citadel, a visit must be made to theMosque of Mahomed Ali, a co
Toward the sunrise, being sketches of travel in Europe and the East, to which is added a Memorial sketch of the RevWilliam Morley Punshon . and beyond arerich and fertile fields, the gift of the Nile, coveredwith corn and waving palm trees. The Citadel is oneextreme of the Nile valley, the pyramids of Ghizehon the other, and the breadth of Egypt lies between,with the famous river, a sparkling mirror set inemerald greenness, stretching up and down far as theeye can reach, while beyond stretches the vast desertof Lybia. While at the Citadel, a visit must be made to theMosque of Mahomed Ali, a costly structure, with itsvast cupola and spacious court and many lamps, set inemeralds and suspended by golden chains, its many-colored marbles, and the whole interior lined withOriental alabaster. The guide pointed out, with greatreverence, the tomb of Mahomed Ali, with the lampsburning continually, night and day. Then I visitedthe Mosque Tooloon, the oldest in Cairo, and acopy of the Kaaba at Mecca. Cairo being one of thechief cities of the Moslem world, inferior only to Con-stantinople, it is a city of mosques, there being no less. Hir, 3 K O Sketches of Travel. 333 tlian four or five hundred of these sacred aside from the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, thefinest in the city, with its graceful architecture andsplendid ornamentation, and the El Azhar, the chiefOriental University, and those already mentioned,there are no attractions to repay the time and cost ofa visit. Forbidden by the Koran to imitate animallife, the Moorish artists have devoted all their energiesto geometric ornamentation, inscriptions and arabes-ques, and know how to produce charming color-efiectsfrom variegated marble pavements, doors of ivoryand amber, and vaulted ceilings of cedar wood. The tombs of the Caliphs lie outside the city, butthey are well worth seeing. They are fine examplesof Saracenic Mausoleums. I entered and inspectedthose of Sultan Barkuk, Kait Bey, and other defunctdignitaries,
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