212 GRAND CAIRO. 
CHAP, reached the utmost limit of our travels in this 
interesting country ; for, with the exception of 
a visit to the Pyramids of Saccdra, our journey 
towards the south was here terminated. We 
had now traversed about forty degrees of lati- 
tude, and principally by land; through coun- 
tries, however, in which little of the refinements 
of civilized nations had ever been experienced : 
and we returned from Djiza to Cairo, to con- 
clude our observations in Egypt, previous to the 
rest of our travels in Greece. 
The next day we all dined with Signor 
Rosetti, who sent a messenger to the Sheik of 
the Bedouin Arabs at Saccdra, stating that we 
were desirous of seeing the Pyramids and Cata- 
combs of that place, and begging to be informed 
on what day we might find guides and horses 
ready for us. On the following evening, August 
the twenty-fifth, his answer arrived. The Sheik 
sent two men of his tribe, one to conduct us, 
and the other to return with our message, 
fixing the time for our visit. The Arab who 
was to be our conductor ran away, but we 
procured another who happened to be then in 
Cairo. In all the great houses of this city, the 
earthen vessels for containing water are per- 
fumed. This becomes quite a ceremony. They 
