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CAIRO. 77<br />

CHAPTER V.<br />

CAIRO. CAIRO MISSION.— CLIMATE.—PLAGUES OF EGYPT. PRO-<br />

JECTED MARRIAGE. MOHAMMED BEY DEFTERDAR. BRIDAL<br />

PALACE.—WEDDING PROCESSIONS. TOMBS OF THE MEMLOOK<br />

KINGS. — EL KAITBEY. THE VICEROy's TOMB. — OVERLAND<br />

MAILS. AFFECTING EVENT. THE GOOD SAMARITAN. RAIL-<br />

ROAD TO SUEZ.— DR. Abbott's museum.— <strong>Egypt</strong>ian anti-<br />

quities.<br />

Cairo, Nov. 9, 1845.<br />

Will you not exclaim at me for having written<br />

two letters from Cairo without even alluding <strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Pyramids? And no wonder that you should<br />

wonder at <strong>the</strong> omission, which is tantamount <strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> tragedy <strong>of</strong> Hamlet being announced for re-<br />

presentation with <strong>the</strong> part <strong>of</strong> Hamlet <strong>to</strong> be left<br />

out ! But<br />

know that I have not yet approached<br />

<strong>the</strong>m, although <strong>the</strong>y are within ten miles <strong>of</strong> Cairo,<br />

(<strong>and</strong> from <strong>the</strong> exceeding clearness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> atmo-<br />

sphere <strong>the</strong>y give one <strong>the</strong> idea <strong>of</strong> being much<br />

nearer) ; <strong>and</strong> every time I turn my eyes <strong>to</strong>wards<br />

Ghizeh, those majestic masses appear <strong>to</strong> frown<br />

a cold <strong>and</strong> silent reproach upon me for having<br />

allowed so many days <strong>to</strong> elapse without paying

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