A pilgrimage to the temples and tombs of Egypt, Nubia, and ...

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amiable member of the Society of Friends, with
whom our acquaintance commenced at Malta, for
Syria and the Holy Land ; while the fifth, Monsieur
de M , a young French gentleman at-
tached to the Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres at
Paris, is the bearer of the Grand Cordon of the
Legion of Honour which Louis Philippe is send-
ing to the Viceroy of Egypt, in acknowledgment
of the attentions paid by his Highness to the
Duke de Montpensier in his recent visit to this
country.
Our voyage from Alexandria commenced at
eight in the morning of the 2nd, our baggage
being sent to the place of embarkation on camels,
and we following in a sort of van driven by an
Arab. Having, in compliance with the advice
of experienced persons at Alexandria, decided
upon going by one of the small Egyptian steam-
boats which ply between Atfe and Cairo, in pre-
ference to the more tedious mode of a sailing-
vessel, we were embarked upon the JNIahmoud-
ieh canal, and towed along by a tiny steam-tug
to Atfe, where we were transferred to No. 4 of
the Pasha's steamers, to perform the Nile part
of the navigation.
The passage from Alexandria to Atf^, which
offers nothing to the eye but the high mud-