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^56 NILE VOYAGERS.<br />

CHAPTER XVIII.<br />

NILE VOYAGERS. INVALIDS. PUFF ANTICIPATORY. CROCO-<br />

DILES. BENI HASSAN. PAINTINGS.— SEPULCHRAL ARCHITEC-<br />

TURE. — BEDRECHEIN. CASTLES IN THE AIR. COLOSSAL<br />

STATUE. MEMPHIS. IBIS MUMMIES PYRAMIDS OF SAK-<br />

KARA. SARCOPHAGUS. LAST DAY ON THE NILE. OUR<br />

CREW.—MOHAMMED. RETURN TO CAIRO.<br />

Off Beni Hassan, Jan. 9, 1846.<br />

Yesterday was al<strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r spent by us in<br />

paying <strong>and</strong> receiving visits, for as we approach<br />

Cairo <strong>the</strong> boats <strong>of</strong> travellers going up <strong>the</strong> Nile<br />

come " thicker <strong>and</strong> faster" upon us. For six<br />

weeks we never saw <strong>the</strong> symp<strong>to</strong>m <strong>of</strong> a sail ap-<br />

pertaining <strong>to</strong> Europeans ; but since our return<br />

from Philse, nineteen boats have passed us, some<br />

going <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Second Cataract, some <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> First,<br />

<strong>and</strong> some only <strong>to</strong> Thebes. Two <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se con-<br />

tained French <strong>to</strong>urists, two Americans, one Aus-<br />

trian, <strong>and</strong> all <strong>the</strong> rest English, making with our-<br />

selves fifteen British flags now on <strong>the</strong> Nile ; <strong>and</strong><br />

we heard from <strong>the</strong> last comers that we are <strong>to</strong><br />

meet two more boats <strong>to</strong>-morrow, one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m

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