Itoy 29s cont, aboard Nile atr. 
The steamer is ptiahiijg one barge (house boat like ours) with a second 
more open two decked one full of native families, -has our houseboat on 
right side, and a steel decked (with hatches) cargo barge on the right| 
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on its deck are tethered scmie goats of assorted colors and sises, an ' 
automobile and sundry drums, and oases, on the hatches are always a , 
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number of natives enjoying the sunj the air, and the scenery. The Steamer 
proper is a 1 decker, natives, boiler, engines, and cargo on main deck} 
front porch, dining rocaa, pantry over kitchen below, and a lot of smaller 
cabins or cubieals, 2 bunk affairs open to either gang way, but without 
the cross draft we enjoy, all occupied by natives of some standing and 
means, Hindus and Egyptians. One is a CJol. in the Egyptian aray traveling 
with wife, maid, and 3 children (boy about 1, girl 2, and boy 3). Parents 
were educated in the American College in Cairo, father at least has his 
Bachelor's deginte} both speak a veary good English, the wife though less 
fluent has the better vocabulary. On our houseboat, are two girls, oi» 
from the States, R.I, teaching in a Presbyterean missionary st^iool in 
Ourdcwan, near Khartou, the other Arabian, sharing the sme cabin and 
also teaching in the mission school} the American girl is studying Arabic 
needed for further school work— both are (were) on vacation to Juba, 
though we did not meet them thMf«. It was the Anny officer who raa<te us 
acquainted. Then there are Englishmen in separate cabins, one a Mr. 
Warner, a concert pianist of parts, an older gr^ haired man carrying a 
wooden practice board or panel (Vljrgil Klavier?) idxo plays his way from 
white settlement to white settlement in l^lish Africa, first time down 
the Nile though, but has toured Brazil also. Another is a young architect 
from Kenya going home on vacation after two years out, the two others I 
know less about, — one is retiring after an African tour of duty, the 
