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DEPARTURE FROM CAIRO. 107<br />

CHAPTER VI.<br />

DEPARTURE FROM CAIRO. THE SWIFT. ARAB CREW. ARAB<br />

MUSIC. ARAB DANCES.—RIVER SCENERY. A BREEZE. EGYP-<br />

TIAN CAVALRY. LIFE ON THE NILE. ARAB TEMPERANCE.<br />

ARAB MISERY.—CROCODILES.—A MEETING.<br />

Well !<br />

Off Minieh, Nov. U, 1845.<br />

here we are upon <strong>the</strong> Nile, installed<br />

most comfortably in our little floating habita-<br />

tion, <strong>and</strong> looking forward <strong>to</strong> its becoming our<br />

home for <strong>the</strong> next six weeks, without any ap-<br />

prehension <strong>of</strong> weariness or ennui creeping in<br />

<strong>to</strong> paralyze our quiet enjoyment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> new<br />

order <strong>of</strong> things that is <strong>to</strong> make up <strong>the</strong> sum<br />

<strong>of</strong> our existence until we return <strong>to</strong> Cairo, <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>to</strong> " <strong>the</strong> busy haunts <strong>of</strong> men." Much mono<strong>to</strong>ny<br />

must inevitably characterize <strong>the</strong> voyage I have<br />

embarked in, <strong>and</strong> this I do not shrink from<br />

on my own account ; I have, however, some scru-<br />

ples <strong>of</strong> conscience in entailing upon you <strong>the</strong><br />

sort <strong>of</strong> log-book information, which is all that<br />

can possibly result from <strong>the</strong> first part <strong>of</strong> my<br />

navigation upon <strong>the</strong> Nile, where my observa-

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