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Miss Tinn4 and suite proceed overland to Sonakim — The Djebel Mezziim . 62 
An old bag’s superstitions — A Pagan stronghold ’ 53 
Cataract of Aboo Simoon — Bewitching little islands .54; 
Lovely scenery — Hard rowing 56 
Our boat caught in a whirlpool, my wife in a fainting condition— The Chor 
Koodi — Presents from the Sheikh . . . , . . ’ . .66 
An obliging schoolmaster — The date-palm and its cultivation . . . .67 
EXTEACTS FROM LETTERS RESUMED. 
The “ Kathleen ” dispatched to Korosko with our pet birds . . . .58 
A singular ceremony — Aboo Hamed — Petherick’s anxiety for my journey across 
the desert 59 
Kindness of Miss Tinne — I have a severe attack of erysipelas — Monsieur 
Lefargue’s remedy for the same ......... 60 
Albanian soldiers — On board the “Kathleen” sailing down the Nile . . 61 
Petherick constructs a swinging palanquin for my desert journey — Wild 
donkeys ... . . . .62 
Sufferings in the desert — I fall off the dromedary — Petherick’s alarm . . 63 
I experience a slight sunstroke — The fate of my pet birds . . . .64 
Assouan — Mr. Ewing’s dahabyeh casts anchor near ours — A fair-haired child . 65 
We visit Edfoo — Luxor, and the residence of Lady Duff Gordon — The luxury 
of an English newspaper , . . . 66 
I read an account of the sudden death of Captain Speke — Prostrated by fever 
— A ministering angel ........... 67 
Extract from letter sent to my sister. 68 
The “ Kathleen ” at Roda Island— Myrtles and roses — We land, and receive a 
visit from Dr. Paterson and Dr. Ogilvie 69 
Boulac — We discover that our servants have been systematically robbing us — 
They desert us 70 
Polly’s disasters — Visit to the palace and gardens of Shoobra — The wife of 
His Highness Dhuleep Singh . .71 
The sale of the “ Kathleen ” — Lady Duff Gordon — Cairo — Visit from Consul 
Reade and his wife 72 
Affectionate farewells — Alexandria — The sea once more 73 
APPENDICES. 
APPENDIX A. By J. Pbthbkick. 
The object of my visit to England in 1859 — I call upon Sir R. Murchison — 
Proposed and elected a member of the Royal Geographical Society . .77 
Introduction to Captain Speke — Write a paper for the British Association at 
Aberdeen — Speke induces me to give a rough-hand sketch of my travels . 7 8 
