. Reminiscences; the story of an emigrant. RAMSES n. that the style of dressing the dead among the Egyptiansfour thousand years ago was very much the same as it isnow with I stood among the ruins of Pompeii or of the tower Story of an Emigrant. 281 Sarnath, the home of Buddha, I thought nothing could bemore wonderful tind awe-inspiring than those hoarj monuments; but here lay before my ej^es the very man who formany years was a friend and protector of Moses, with hiswonderful, commanding features and eagle nose, his longdark hair, which lay in thick folds under his neck. The arms,rings
. Reminiscences; the story of an emigrant. RAMSES n. that the style of dressing the dead among the Egyptiansfour thousand years ago was very much the same as it isnow with I stood among the ruins of Pompeii or of the tower Story of an Emigrant. 281 Sarnath, the home of Buddha, I thought nothing could bemore wonderful tind awe-inspiring than those hoarj monuments; but here lay before my ej^es the very man who formany years was a friend and protector of Moses, with hiswonderful, commanding features and eagle nose, his longdark hair, which lay in thick folds under his neck. The arms,rings, jewels and other ornaments worn by those kings andtheir queens, formed part of this wonderful collection, and,. NILE BOAT. by their skillful workmanship, showed the high degree ofcivilization of the ancient Egyptians. The following day I took the train for Alexandria. Therailroad follows the river Nile in its general course. Thevalley is densely populated, and wretched mud houses andvillages appear in ever\^ direction. The cholera had nowbroken out in its. most deadly form, and we saw many deadand dying at the stations. The steamer Tanjore lay readyto sail for Europe, and I was soon comfortably quartered inone of its spacious cabins. 282 Story of ax Emigrant. On Sunday, June 3d, a beautiful Italian day, as we wererapidly steaming north through the Adriatic sea, we couldsee the coast of Greece to the right and that of Italy to theleft. We arrived at Brindisi the same afternoon, and atVenice two davs later. Surely the beauties of nature and ofart that meet the eye in thi.^ lovely city seem to be the climaxof everything beautiful on earth, and, quietly gliding forwardduring many hours through nume
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