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' Esneh (Latopolis), December 29. — On the 

 walls, among other subjects, are many sculptured 

 fishes — the old name of the place indicating the 

 special worship of the Lates (a Nile fish), com- 

 bined with the giant deities, made me suggest the 

 possible origin of the exclamation, " O ye gods 

 and little fishes ! " ' 



' ^oth. — Reached our furthest point, the Isle 

 of Philo, and returned to Assouan, below the 

 First Cataract, and there saw the new year in.' 



On the voyage from Alexandria to Brindisi 

 he encountered rough weather. ' I tumbled out,' 

 he says, ' and got on deck, where I danced a sort 

 of impromptu and irregular hornpipe until I finally 

 settled down to my sea legs.' 



' Naples, January 19, 1871. — At Foggia the 

 main part of the train runs northward, and our 

 part was closely packed with passengers. I was 

 the only man who ventured into one of the few 

 first-class carriages, which was already occupied 

 by a young couple and their three months' old 

 baby, and as one after another of the males (the 

 ladies being safely stowed) put their heads in at 

 the window, the cries of " Bambino" put them 

 to a precipitate flight. As a grandfather, I 

 stuck to my seat, and no sooner was the train in 

 motion than the infant went to sleep, and I, having 

 the whole of the opposite side, slept blissfully till 

 daybreak. In the intervals I studied the whole 

 process of swathing, and a very artful piece of 



