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

52 VIEW OF CAIRO.
feathers, and a bottle of Eau de Cologne. The
Pasha's bath was heating for him, (the tempera-
ture, for I peeped in, nearly suffocating), and
in an adjacent chamber, exquisitely fitted up
as a dressing-room, were displayed the gold em-
broidered towels, and a sort of apron of crim-
son and gold, to be used by him on leaving
the bath. This little peep into the habits of
the man amused me more than a view of the
magnificence of the 'prince i but that which de-
lighted me above all is the view from these
royal apartments, which, in truth, constitutes
their greatest beauty. The windows look into
a lovely garden, luxuriant with African vege-
tation ; and far below the height occupied by
the citadel lies the city of Cairo, with its intri-
cate streets, its elegant Arabian architecture,
its innumerable domes and light minarets, co-
vering a vast extent of territory. And beyond
the gates appears a second city— a city of the
dead—embellished, too, with mosques and towers,
beneath whose domes moulder the remains of
the Memlook Sultans and the Circassian kings
of Egypt— a race long since swept aw^ay !—while
beyond flows the broad Nile, and, stretching
away as far as the eye can reach, the great
Li by i an desert bounds the scene with its mag-