i8o RECOLLECTIONS OF FORTY YEARS. 



while they had four women and three men killed. 

 The Bedouins of Upper Egypt fled and did not 

 return." 



" November 18, 1854. 



" We start two hours before daylight, the Viceroy 

 having preceded us. "We overtake him about ten o'clock 

 at Hoche, where he was awaiting us in the tent of 

 the governor of the province. More than a hundred 

 Bedouin chiefs of the Ouled-Ali tribe are assembled 

 here; they are all men of high stature and appear 

 very quick and intelligent. The troops arrive and get 

 under canvas, the heat being terrific, and shade most 

 grateful. The chief who was in command during the 

 combat referred to above comes to pay us a visit, 

 accompanied by his son, who is as tall as himself. 

 Prince Halim Pasha joins us, and says that we have 

 left the region where the gazelles were to be found 

 considerably to the right, but I am not sorry for this, 

 as I am anxious to be as much as possible alone with 

 the Viceroy to talk over my plans. 



" We start at three, preceded by a troop of Bed- 

 ouins, who every now and again start off at full gallop, 

 wheel round, and fire, this being what they call a fan- 

 tasia. Reaching Zaoui-el-Khamour at sunset, the 

 Viceroy, whose hours for meals are very irregular, 

 tells me not to wait dinner for him, and after having 

 had it served in my tent I was just going off to sleep, 

 about nine o'clock, when I heard the sound of female 



