other fire-arms richly inlaid. The Shoe and Boot Bazaar presents to the attention 
of purchasers every variety of Eastern chaussure; and smokers may buy in another 
the cheapest pipe or the most costly nargilah, and, in proportion to his means, indulge 
in the enjoyment of the weed which has never wanted apologists. 
Roberts’s Journal. Wilkinson’s Egypt. 
MINARET OF THE PRINCIPAL MOSQUE IN SIOUT, UPPER 
EGYPT. 
This is an object of such remarkable beauty that Mr. Roberts thought it unsurpassed 
by any similar structure in a land so fertile in this class, which more than any other 
distinguishes the architecture of Modern Egypt. 
The generality of these fine buildings, especially at Cairo, are of marble, and 
as beautifully executed as toy-models may be finished in ivory; but here, where 
the minaret is built of brick and plaster, it is difficult to conceive that an object 
so delicate could be wrought in materials so fragile. It has four balconies with 
enriched balustrades, supported by brackets and corbels, with elegant traceries on tower 
over tower, whose light pilasters give to them an octagonal appearance. 
Siout is the capital of Upper Egypt, and retains in its Coptic name, Sioout, 
that which it bore in Ancient Egypt, as shown by the hieroglyphics in the catacombs, 
where it was written Ssout. The city contains twenty thousand inhabitants: it is 
the resort of the caravans from Darfour, is the seat of the Governor, and its bazaars 
and markets are only surpassed in Egypt by those of Cairo. 
Wilkinson’s Egypt. 
