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LECTURE ON EGYPT.
Aioxan- through traffic which the establishment of the Overland
Eoute had previously brought to it.
Before leaving Alexandria I must allude to Cleo-
patra's Needle, which after a perilous voyage across
the Bay of Biscay has been recently brought to Eng-
land, ■ and placed on the Thames Embankment, by
Mr. John Dixon, an enterprising English engineer,
and Mr. Erasmus Wilson. The obelisk, or needle
originally erected at Heliopolis, had been lying buried
for many years in the sand near Alexandria, and
therefore no objection could be made to its rescue and
transmission to England.
I happened to be in Egypt at the time when my
friends in England were interesting themselves in this
matter, and was requested by them to obtain permis-
sion for its removal. His Highness the Khedive at
once authorised me to telegraph the requisite per-
mission in very courteous terms, which he personally
dictated.
A new Water Works Company, with His Grace the
Duke of Sutherland as president, has lately been estab-
lished at Alexandria. The water is obtained from the
Eosetta branch of the Nile at Atfeh, and flows through
the navigable Mahmoudieh Canal, constructed in 1820
by Mohammed Ali.
Railway Leaving the station at Alexandria the railway
to Cairo, traverses for some miles the eastern shore of Lake
Mareotis, where the presence of numerous sea-birds and
water-fowl reminds us that during the war with
Aioxan- through traffic which the establishment of the Overland
Eoute had previously brought to it.
Before leaving Alexandria I must allude to Cleo-
patra's Needle, which after a perilous voyage across
the Bay of Biscay has been recently brought to Eng-
land, ■ and placed on the Thames Embankment, by
Mr. John Dixon, an enterprising English engineer,
and Mr. Erasmus Wilson. The obelisk, or needle
originally erected at Heliopolis, had been lying buried
for many years in the sand near Alexandria, and
therefore no objection could be made to its rescue and
transmission to England.
I happened to be in Egypt at the time when my
friends in England were interesting themselves in this
matter, and was requested by them to obtain permis-
sion for its removal. His Highness the Khedive at
once authorised me to telegraph the requisite per-
mission in very courteous terms, which he personally
dictated.
A new Water Works Company, with His Grace the
Duke of Sutherland as president, has lately been estab-
lished at Alexandria. The water is obtained from the
Eosetta branch of the Nile at Atfeh, and flows through
the navigable Mahmoudieh Canal, constructed in 1820
by Mohammed Ali.
Railway Leaving the station at Alexandria the railway
to Cairo, traverses for some miles the eastern shore of Lake
Mareotis, where the presence of numerous sea-birds and
water-fowl reminds us that during the war with