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224 THE LAND OF THE MONUMENTS
—the long room, the crowded divans, the Oriental
figures in the centre, the turbaned servants of the
consul seated in the doorway with their lanterns
"and lights burning"* ready to guide the visitors
home ; and beyond them two small boys in white,
with red fez caps, seated upon the staircase out in
the bright moonlight, watching the performance with
intense admiration. All these groups together
combined to form a most charming and novel
scene.
" This kind of dancing we find from the monu-
ments to have been common in Egypt from very
remote times, long before the exodus of the Israelites.
It is therefore not improbable that it has continued
without interruption, and perhaps the modern
Ghawazee are descended from the same class of
female dancers who amused the Egyptians in the
times of the early Pharaohs."! The cymbals were
probably like those used by Miriam.;
The walk home to the Rameses the Great was
very charming. The stately columns of the temple
looked most majestic in the soft, clear light, and
the boats alongside with their crews asleep upon
their decks, the Dahabeahs further off, with their
lights glittering brightly on the flowing water, and
the beautiful hills in the distance, some in strong
shadow, others clear and distinct in the moonlight,
together formed a perfect scene of calm repose.
During the inundation the crowns of palm-trees
become the refuge of various small animals, and the
most incongruous associations of creatures has been
• "Let your li>in> be girded about, and your lights burniiig, and
ye yourselves like unto men thai wait for their lord " (Luke xii. .i.s)-
t Lane, "Modern Egyptians," ch. xix.p. ;,4<j. } Exod. xv. 20.
—the long room, the crowded divans, the Oriental
figures in the centre, the turbaned servants of the
consul seated in the doorway with their lanterns
"and lights burning"* ready to guide the visitors
home ; and beyond them two small boys in white,
with red fez caps, seated upon the staircase out in
the bright moonlight, watching the performance with
intense admiration. All these groups together
combined to form a most charming and novel
scene.
" This kind of dancing we find from the monu-
ments to have been common in Egypt from very
remote times, long before the exodus of the Israelites.
It is therefore not improbable that it has continued
without interruption, and perhaps the modern
Ghawazee are descended from the same class of
female dancers who amused the Egyptians in the
times of the early Pharaohs."! The cymbals were
probably like those used by Miriam.;
The walk home to the Rameses the Great was
very charming. The stately columns of the temple
looked most majestic in the soft, clear light, and
the boats alongside with their crews asleep upon
their decks, the Dahabeahs further off, with their
lights glittering brightly on the flowing water, and
the beautiful hills in the distance, some in strong
shadow, others clear and distinct in the moonlight,
together formed a perfect scene of calm repose.
During the inundation the crowns of palm-trees
become the refuge of various small animals, and the
most incongruous associations of creatures has been
• "Let your li>in> be girded about, and your lights burniiig, and
ye yourselves like unto men thai wait for their lord " (Luke xii. .i.s)-
t Lane, "Modern Egyptians," ch. xix.p. ;,4<j. } Exod. xv. 20.