CHAPTER V.

BEDRESHAYN TO MINIEH.

The Rule of the Nile--The Shâdûf--Beni Suêf--Thieves by Night--The Chief of the Guards--A Sand-storm--“Holy Sheik Cotton”--The Convent of the Pulley--A Copt--The Shadow of the World--Minieh--A Native Market--Prices of Provisions--The Dôm Palm--Fortune-telling--Ophthalmia 65