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There are also the light American trotting wagons, elegant European barouches, mingled with equestrians upon spirited Arab horses; also people mounted upon nice donkeys, for some of these animals are highly bred. Again, richly caparisoned camels from the Khedive's stables occasionally heighten the Eastern aspect of the scene, which recalled the Maidan of Calcutta most vividly.
Unfortunately, it was one that the Mahdi turned to the best advantage by drilling and arming his troops, and summoning levies from the more distant parts of the provinces, while the Khedive's Government, engrossed in troubles nearer home the Arabi revolt and the intervention of England in the internal administration seemed paralysed in its efforts to restore its authority over the Soudan, which at that moment would have been comparatively easy.
This is the favorite drive of the citizens at twilight, where every known modern style of carriage may be met, from the Khedive's equipages, four-in-hand, and those of the ladies of his harem, to the single English gig or dog-cart.
Sadik the Mouffetish saw the Khedive's face, and suddenly said in his ear: "Shall my slave seize him, Highness whom God preserve?" The Khedive did not reply, for at that moment he recognised the dervish; and now he understood that Dicky Donovan had made the pilgrimage to Mecca with the Mahmal caravan; that an infidel had desecrated the holy city; and that his Englishman had lied to him.
Cairo and the Arabian Nights. Street Scenes and Cries. Camels and Donkeys. Turkish Bazars in Old Cairo. Water Carriers. The Pyramids of Gizeh. The Sphinx. Interesting Visit to a Native House. Mosque of Mehemet Ali. The Rotten Row of Cairo. The Khedive's Palace. Egyptian Museum. Mosque of Amer. Whirling and Howling Dervishes. Suez Canal. Ismailia and Port Said. Island of Malta. City of Valetta.
All these suggestions were more or less supported by Sir Evelyn Baring, who at last suggested in an important despatch, dated 28th February, that the British Government should withdraw altogether from the matter, and "give full liberty of action to General Gordon and the Khedive's Government to do what seems best to them."
He had mischievously sent him into that furnace which eats the Fellaheen to the bones, and these bones thereafter mark white the road of the Red Sea caravans and the track of the Khedive's soldiers in the yellow sands. When Fatima cursed Wassef he turned and spat at her; and she went back and sat on the ground beside Soada, and mumbled tags from the Koran above her for comfort.
Even as it is, the predilection of foreign students of law and theology is turning more and more towards Mecca. As one of the numerous interesting specimens of the mental development effected in Egypt in the last years, I may mention a book that appeared in Cairo two years ago , containing a description of the present Khedive's pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, performed two years before.
"Will you like me better if I didn't?" he inquired. "I shan't like you at all if you did." "Then I didn't hear a word.... Besides," he basely uttered, "you were entirely in the right!" "I should think I was!" said Arlee Beecher very indignantly. "The very notion ! Captain Kerissen is a very nice young man. He is going to get me an invitation to the Khedive's ball." "Is that a very crumby affair?"
Then turning to Gordon, he said, "I put the whole affair into your hands." Gordon, anxious to help the Khedive, and also hoping to find an ally out of Egypt, telegraphed at great length to Mr Goschen, in accordance with the Khedive's suggestion. Unfortunately, Mr Goschen replied with equal brevity and authority, "I will not look at you; the matter is in the hands of Her Majesty's Government."
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