We Conversed Together Without Understanding Each Other's Language; He Had Nothing To Offer Us Except Snuff, Of Which We Each Took A Pinch, Giving Him In Return, As He Refused Wine, A Pomegranate, To Which I Added A Five-Franc Piece From The Remains Of My French Money.

If any thing had been wanting to establish a good understanding between us, this would have accomplished it.

The rais, or captain, took my hand in his, and pressed his own to his lips, in token of gratitude; and when upon the return of Mohammed he perceived that I was rather nervous at the idea of crossing the plank from the boat to the shore, he plunged at once into the water to assist me over it. The janissary brought word that there was a moolid, or religious fair, held at the opposite end of the city, and that if we would make a circuit of three miles round the walls, we might enter Cairo that night, as the gate was left open for the convenience of the people in the neighbourhood. Mohammed had aroused a donkey-man of his acquaintance, who was in attendance, with a youth his son, and two donkeys. To the boy was entrusted the care of the lanthorn, without which no person is allowed to traverse the streets after nightfall, and mounting, we set forward.

The streets of Boulak are narrow, but the houses appear to be lofty and substantially built. We were challenged by the soldiers at the gates, but allowed to pass without farther inquiry.

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