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thoroughly fed up with our crew of " donkey-boys," we 

 held a council of war, the upshot of which was that I gave 

 the order, " About ship ! " and the Cleopatra gracefully slewing 

 round, was allowed to drift majestically down stream, until 

 at last the Kasr-en-Nil hove in sight. For the rest of our 

 days in the land of Pharaoh we contented ourselves with the 

 pleasures and entertainments of Cairo, and with the enjoy- 

 ment of the more recherche flesh-pots of Egypt. 



