1 84 RECOLLECTIONS OF FORTY YEARS. 



Hassan Pasha, and two generals, occupy other rooms, 

 and we dine in the saloon." 



" ON THE NILE, November 21, 1854. 



" I pay a visit to the Viceroy in the morning and 

 read him my memorandum, striking out one or two 

 passages of which he did not approve. I also read 

 him the draft firman of concession, which he approves 

 in its entirety. 



" After a talk with Halim Pasha, he promises me to 

 do what he can to effect the reconciliation of Achmet 

 Pasha, the heir to the Viceroy, and the latter. We 

 next go to see Mahommed Said, where we break- 

 fasted. We arranged for a hunting party in a village 

 close to Neguileh, and the Viceroy had the steam got 

 up on his boat. Upon reaching the island, where 

 we had been told that we should find wild boars, we 

 saw plenty of traces of them, but they probably only 

 came there of a night, so we returned to our previous 

 anchorage. A steamer from Cairo, with passengers 

 from Alexandria, landed Moustafa Pasha, a brother of 

 Achmet Pasha, and a nephew of the Viceroy, who 

 asked him to join us in our expedition. He also told 

 him about my scheme and advised him to read my 

 memorandum." 



"November 22, 1854. 



" Had a conversation with Moustafa about the 

 canal. He is very intelligent and well-informed, and 



