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thereof suddenly appeared and forbade our trespassing on his 

 property. 



This lordly personage was an old negro, a eunuch, enor- 

 mously tall but very lank, with flabby features, and clad in 

 long loose garments one of the ugliest and most repulsive 

 men I have ever seen. He had in his glorious career among 

 the harems acquired much wealth, and was now spending his 

 old age on his own large estates. 



Avoiding any dispute with this individual, we rode straight 

 on to Bedrascheen, whence the railway took us all to Cairo in 

 less than an hour. Thus after a pretty long expedition full 

 of the most delightful experiences, we again entered the 

 beautiful city of the Caliphs. 



Next morning we called on the Viceroy to thank him 

 for the great hospitality he had extended to us during our 

 journey on the Nile. As this was not a visit of ceremony, 

 we drove quite quietly to the palace through streets which 

 in the morning were not at all crowded. We spent a 

 quarter of an hour with the Viceroy, drinking the customary 

 coffee and smoking capital cigarettes, while he inquired 

 with much interest about the incidents of our charming 

 trip. 



From the palace we returned to Kasr-el-Nusha by the 

 nearest way, and after putting on our comfortable shooting 

 things the whole party soon set out to pay a visit to the 

 viceregal summer-palaces of Gezireh and Gizeh outside the 

 town. 



After thoroughly inspecting the gardens and palaces we 

 drove on to the pyramids of Gizeh. The heat was most 

 oppressive, and a strong wind blew such quantities of sand 

 into our eyes and noses that we were glad when we had got 

 over the interminable road along the embankment and had 

 reached the gigantic structures. 



On this second visit we intended to have a jackal hunt and 



