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PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. VII. 
that of the sea water during the long ages before 
the uplilting. Acres and acres were strewed 
with petrified fragments of palms of all sizes. At 
the centre of the bed the trunks, many feet in 
length, lay imbedded. We had two large fragments 
broken oft' and gathered divers small specimens ’ 
‘ 22nd . — This morning inspected Miss Whate- 
ley’s school for native girls and the Viceroy’s 
school for the boys to be taught English. Some 
of these repeated their lessons to us. ... 
After luncheon drove to the Viceroy’s stables 
and saw his stud and museum (it may be called) of 
carriages. The Duke of Sutherland arrives to- 
morrow,’ 
Amongst his other amusements, Owen de- 
scribes a visit to a celebrated wizard and an ex- 
amination of the ‘magic crystal.' 
‘Time, il p.m. Scene, grand drawing-room 
of Nubar Pacha’s palace. Dramatis pe7^soncs, the 
Duke of Sutherland, Sir Samuel Baker, Lord Staf- 
ford, myself, a Nubian, a young boy and the old 
Arab conjuror with his brazier sending up ever 
and anon bright perfumed flames as he dropped 
in pinches of incense. The charm on paper laid 
upon the boy’s head, beneath the turban, the 
end of the half sheet overshadowing his brow 
and eyes, he bends over, intently gazing upon the 
magic glass. The old wizard mutters his charm. 
Such a group for Phillips !— the obscure smoky 
atmosphere of the room, ill-lighted by wax 
