i 4 6 RECOLLECTIONS OF FORTY YEARS. 



made to discover this relic, but it is nowhere to be 

 found. I have a description of it given to the police, 

 who eventually discover it in the hands of an Arab as 

 he walked along the street. It was restored to me, 

 and the history of this interesting souvenir is as 

 follows : One day Mohammed Pasha, upon my return 

 from England, showed me two sticks, the one which 

 I had given him and one which was a present from an 

 English admiral, and said : * You sometimes mention 

 the canal business to me in the presence of persons 

 who might repeat our conversation at an inconvenient 

 moment. To obviate this, whenever you come to see 

 me and you notice that I have the English stick, you 

 will remember that nothing is to be said about the 

 canal ; but you can say as much as you like when you 

 see that I have your stick.' 



" After remaining three days at Alexandria, and 

 giving time for the official congratulations offered to 

 Mohammed's successor to be got over, I start for 

 Cairo, where the new Viceroy, far from being offended, 

 expressed himself much pleased at the regret which I 

 expressed and felt, and of his own accord assured me 

 that he would treat the widow, son, and household of 

 his predecessor as if they belonged to his own family." 



To the Due d'Albufera, Parts. 



"CAIRO, January 24, 1863. 



" Summoned by telegraph when the Viceroy was 

 dying, I reached Alexandria from Kantara in twenty 



