V. 
214 GRAND CAIRO. 
CHAP.' Holloicay and Major Hope. He welcomed these 
officers as if they had been his brothers. He 
had lost an eye when he was young, in playing 
the game of Djirit. He regaled us in the usual 
Oriental style; and conversed cheerfully upon 
the subject of his marches with our countrymen 
in the Desert; also of his own exploits in battle. 
He was magnificently dressed, in robes of rich 
silk ; and wore, instead of a turban, a high 
purple cap ; such as the Grand Signior puts on 
upon public occasions. The pipe which he 
used for smoking was valued at seven thou- 
sand piastres ; and his poignard was ornamented 
with the largest emerald we had ever seen, 
being equal in size to a walnut. He resided in 
a new and magnificent palace, the windows of 
which were ornamented with beautifully stained 
glass. His couch consisted of ebony, inlaid 
with mother of pearl ; and a magnificent mirror, 
covered with a gauze net, decorated his apart- 
ment. His attendants were more numerous 
than is usual with other Pashas; but, in his man- 
ners, there was neither the pride, the stateliness, 
nor the affected pomp, which we had remarked 
in the Viceroys of Cyprus, of Jerusalem, and of 
other places. 
In the evening, at six o'clock, we again set 
