SAIL FROM CAIRO FOR ENGLAND. 
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His Highness the Viceroy, Ismael Pasha, had sent this 
vessel to bring us down, and we sailed on the 19 th of 
May 1863. The mudirs or governors on the way 
were politely attentive, and we anchored at Boulac, 
the port of Cairo, on the 25th, after a pleasant voyage 
of six days. Few of our Seedees had ever before seen 
a steamship, and they viewed it with strong interest. 
Every day fresh wonders were revealed to them. The 
ruins of Dandoor, Kalap'shee, and Phylae, with their 
carvings, paintings, and stone roofs, filled them with 
amazement — " no one at Zanzibar could make such 
buildings." On our passage down the river, the wind- 
mills, the tall chimneys, the tame buffaloes going 
about the villages — all they saw interested, astonished, 
and delighted them. At Boulac the naval com- 
mander, Latif Pasha, sent for us; and on parting, after 
a short interview, he presented Speke with a bouquet 
of flowers which had just been handed to him. Our 
Seedees were lodged in the public garden at Cairo, as 
the people were afraid to admit them into their houses. 
On the 1st of June we saw them, headed by Bombay, 
depart by train for Suez, en route to Aden and Zan- 
zibar. They took leave of us with affectionate regret 
and many prayers, trusting they would again see us in 
their own country. On the same day we had a private 
audience of his Highness the Viceroy, who showed 
great interest in our journey, and offered to aid Speke 
in any further exploration. On the 4th of June we 
sailed in the Pera, Captain Jamieson, for England, 
where we arrived in safety after our long and varied 
journey, and an absence of eleven hundred and forty- 
six days. 
