Chapter 5

CAIRO.

Arrival at Boulak--Description of the place--Moolid, or Religious Fair--Surprise of the People--The Hotel at Cairo--Description of the City--The Citadel--View from thence--The City--The Shops--The Streets--The interior of the Pasha's Palace--Pictures--Furniture--Military Band--Affray between a Man and Woman--Indifference of the Police to Street Broils--Natives beaten by Englishmen--Visit to an English Antiquary--By-ways of the City--Interior of the Houses--Nubian Slave-market--Gypsies--Preparation for Departure to Suez--Mode of driving in the Streets of Cairo--Leave the City--The Changes in travelling in Egypt--Attractions of Cairo

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