. A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . w lanes,reached the plain at last, and had a most delightfulride in the moonlight, which was asserting itssupremacy, back to our steamer. The watchman wasquite happy at the restoration of his staff, and at thereceipt of a small gratuity; and in order to assert hisoffice and compensate himself for his temporary lossof dignity and power, he hit a donkey boy, who wasdoing nothing whatever, a smart tap on the skuUwith the iron end. The Almeahs, or dancing-girlsof Keneh, are celebrated for their beauty—by thenatives. They
. A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . w lanes,reached the plain at last, and had a most delightfulride in the moonlight, which was asserting itssupremacy, back to our steamer. The watchman wasquite happy at the restoration of his staff, and at thereceipt of a small gratuity; and in order to assert hisoffice and compensate himself for his temporary lossof dignity and power, he hit a donkey boy, who wasdoing nothing whatever, a smart tap on the skuUwith the iron end. The Almeahs, or dancing-girlsof Keneh, are celebrated for their beauty—by thenatives. They are exceedingly like British gipsywomen of an ordinary type, but they do not bearsuch a good reputation. Here is a portrait of thefairest of them, who was not, however, so famous adancer as a stumpy little woman, who had acquiredthe art of vibrating her person from the breast tothe hips, whilst the rest of her body was motionless, p 2 212 AN ALMEAH. [chap. to a degree wliicli is considered perfection. There is one mistake in tlie sketch. The dancer shouldnot have February 15th.—(Keneh.) In the morning thePrincess made her first acquaintance with anEgyptian Temple. True, it is 1,800 years old—quitea modern affair. True, it is so highl}^ ornate thatreal antiquaries do not think much of it; but surelyit is something to gaze on the portrait of Cleopatra,and to see the name of her son by JuHus Caesarcarved in solid rock while they v/ere stiU alive, as freshas though it were done yesterday. It is somethingto wander through courts where Eoman legionaries Tin.] BENDER A, 213 came from afar to worship the Egyptian tlie Eoyal party, at all events, the ancientTemple and the neighbouring ruins were full ofdeep interest. The Temple was cleared some yearsago by order of Mahomet Bey, but the sand appearsto be accumulating once more. After breakfast, the steamers crossed over to theother side of the river, and we set out to visitDendera, which, in the present state of t
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