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We frequently noticed them playing, and sometimes 

 could hear them laughing and singing among the trees 

 or on the green near the road, yet when our carriage 

 passed them they stopped their playing almost invari- 

 ably and took after us with the time-honored cry of 

 their fathers. Woe unto you if you drop a penny to 

 whet their appetite. Then you may expect to hear the 

 cry of the whole pack keeping close to the hind wheels 

 of your vehicle, however rapidly \ our team may be 

 going. 



We left Cairo on the evening of the 30th, and 

 reached Alexandria in about four hours. 



ADRIATIC SKA, February 2nd, 1888. 



