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278 ARAB GREETINGS.<br />

CHAPTER XIV.<br />

ARAB GREETINGS. CHRISTMAS CHEER. TIPSY TURKEY. THE<br />

TOCAL MEMNON. — MEDINET HABOU. PHARAONIC ARCHITEC-<br />

TURE. EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY. THE RHAMESSEIUM. TOMBS.<br />

THE ASSASSIEF. RELICS. — BIBAN EL MOLUK.— BELZONl's<br />

TOMB. THE HALL OF BEAUTY. BRUCE's TOMB. THE HARP-<br />

ERS. ALLEGORIES. AMULETS.<br />

Thebes, Christmas-day.<br />

Last night we anchored <strong>of</strong>f Luxor, <strong>and</strong> imme-<br />

diately opposite <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> splendid colonnade <strong>of</strong> that<br />

palace-temple which had become a ruin before<br />

<strong>the</strong> blessed era commenced <strong>of</strong> which <strong>to</strong>-day is<br />

<strong>the</strong> anniversary.<br />

I had no sooner left my cabin this morning,<br />

than, <strong>to</strong> my surprise, Reis All, his son Salem,<br />

Hadgee Mustapha, <strong>and</strong> all our sailors, came one<br />

after <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>to</strong> wish me, in very good English,<br />

" a merry Christmas !<br />

" Mohammed had been<br />

tu<strong>to</strong>ring <strong>the</strong>m all yesterday <strong>to</strong> learn <strong>the</strong> words by<br />

heart, <strong>and</strong> he <strong>to</strong>ld me <strong>to</strong>-day that some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

men got up three times in <strong>the</strong> night, <strong>and</strong> awoke

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