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sheer disinclination of the powers that be to give 

 them even a moment's consideration ! " 



I could write much more about Egypt, but the 

 time has come for dealing with other matters, and 

 Homeward ^^ ^ ^^"^ "^^^ Egyptian sub j ect . I am sorry, 

 bound g^ji ^jjg same, to have to omit further 

 description of our visit to the ostrich farm near 

 Heliopolis ; also the Gymkhana and subsequent race 

 meeting held under the auspices of the Khedival 

 Sporting Club. The museum and the mummies 

 may rest in peace, but cigarette factories and the 

 terribly malodorous old Cairo deserved a note, while 

 the place where Moses was found in the bulrushes 

 ought not to be passed by unheeded. However, 

 needs must, and I will simply record that we shook 

 the dust of Egypt off our feet with mingled feelings, 

 which were expressed by one of our party in the 

 following lines : 



ON LEAVING EGYPT 



P. AND 0. S.S. " ISIS." 



Now, the pertinacious Arab 



Can no longer ask a price 

 For a plainly bogus Scarab 



Which, he says, is " very nice " ; 

 Now no more the fabled Luxor, 



With its templed tombs of Kings, 

 Keeps me from my placens uxor — 



Home I fly on sea-borne wings : — 



