. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. ^pt,and there is none in the modern cities. Streets wind in everyway like cork-screws, and the houses are built in any spot o I—IH O•«) O EdO HQ *dH. 92 ALEXANDRIA TO CAIRO. most convenient, without the least regard to appearance orregularity. The buildings of Hotel Du Nil form a quad-rangle ; in the centre are Oriental trees and shrubs, which givea picturesque appearance to the
. Voices from the Orient; or, The testimony of the monuments, of the recent historical and topographical discoveries, and of the customs and traditions of the people in the Orient, to the veracity of the sacred record. ^pt,and there is none in the modern cities. Streets wind in everyway like cork-screws, and the houses are built in any spot o I—IH O•«) O EdO HQ *dH. 92 ALEXANDRIA TO CAIRO. most convenient, without the least regard to appearance orregularity. The buildings of Hotel Du Nil form a quad-rangle ; in the centre are Oriental trees and shrubs, which givea picturesque appearance to the place. The proprietor was aGerman, who was a living and moving polyglot, for as hewalked about among his guests he could converse with equalfluency and urbanity in half a dozen tongues. Among thosewhose acquaintance I made was a talkative Scotchman, whosat next me at table. He was a civil engineer, and had comeout on business in connection with the Suez Canal. Amongthe plans which he thought would throw such a flood oflight on the historic truth of the Bible as would silence amultitude of babbling opponents whose tongues are mightierthan their brains, was that the Gulf of Suez should be asked how the money could be obtained. Let scholars, forthe sake of truth and the Christian Churches of Europe andAmerica, provide the means, he replied. But suppo
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