Africa . antshops, rendering Alexandria one of the most brilliantcities of the Mediterranean. It is lit with gas, and theNile water is conveyed thither by a company, whichsupplies the whole place with the best drinking water inthe world. The traveller is now hurried from Alexandria to Cairoby the government railway, the ramifications of which,extending over a total length of nearly 1000 miles, con-nect together nearly all the large towns of the Delta,besides extending southward along the river as far as Siut,whence the Nile navigation is open to Assuan. EGYPT. 209 The express train takesfour a
Africa . antshops, rendering Alexandria one of the most brilliantcities of the Mediterranean. It is lit with gas, and theNile water is conveyed thither by a company, whichsupplies the whole place with the best drinking water inthe world. The traveller is now hurried from Alexandria to Cairoby the government railway, the ramifications of which,extending over a total length of nearly 1000 miles, con-nect together nearly all the large towns of the Delta,besides extending southward along the river as far as Siut,whence the Nile navigation is open to Assuan. EGYPT. 209 The express train takesfour and a half hours tomake the journey from Alex-andria to Cairo. IT thechange in the open countryand the climate is extraor-dinary, no less so is that wemeet with in the capital,which the Khedive seemsanxious to make the Parisof the Levant. The westernquarter has been almost en-tirely reconstructed, and hasgrown considerably in thedirection of the Nile. Theother divisions of the cityhave also been pierced by. [|[Pfj|p ^fz-:. -^r-- ^==5 ===^^= =A=S^^=- r-^T:-- ? i1 .^=S^ i^^m n gk i STREET IN 210 COMPENDIUM OF GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL. large open streets, only it were to be wished that the desireto convert it into a European town may not end in thedisappearance of its Eastern character, which would rob itof a great part of its peculiar charms and attractions. The first thing that a stranger generally does when hehas arrived at Cairo is to make for the citadel. Thisstands on a slight elevation, which, however, is a relativelyimportant one in the wide levels which surround it, and itis also occupied by some of the government buildings, andthe splendid new mosque which holds the tomb of MehemetAli. The panorama which one enjoys from the walls ofthe citadel is indeed a fine one, the most splendid certainly,excepting that of the Bosphorus, afforded by all the ones feet the vast city spreads out, the Masr elKahira, the victorious, as the Arabs are proud to call thequeen of th
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