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HOLY LAND, AND CYPRLTS.
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CHAPTER II.
Departure for Cairo—Mode of conveyance—Scenery of the Nile—Arrival at
Boolac—Interview with the Kaya Bey of the Pasha—History of the latter—
Attempt at revolution by Latif Pasha—Summary punishment of Turkish
soldiers.
I left Rosetta on the 18th, in a boat which I hired to carry
me to Cairo; and having obtained a pass from the aga, to
prevent the Turks from seizing it for the service of the Pasha
(a common practice on the Nile), I sailed in the evening.
The first sensations in the progress up the river are certainly
very agreeable. An European finds himself in a new region ;
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CHAPTER II.
Departure for Cairo—Mode of conveyance—Scenery of the Nile—Arrival at
Boolac—Interview with the Kaya Bey of the Pasha—History of the latter—
Attempt at revolution by Latif Pasha—Summary punishment of Turkish
soldiers.
I left Rosetta on the 18th, in a boat which I hired to carry
me to Cairo; and having obtained a pass from the aga, to
prevent the Turks from seizing it for the service of the Pasha
(a common practice on the Nile), I sailed in the evening.
The first sensations in the progress up the river are certainly
very agreeable. An European finds himself in a new region ;
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