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PALACE OF THE PASHA.
them very much. I trust no one will be so mali-
cious as to hint that a fellow-feeling sometimes
makes us kind. I have, indeed, scarcely any objec-
tion to their bray, provided it is heard " far remote,"
and not too early in the morning. But to return to
my narrative. On the next day we visited the
palace of Abbas Pasha, situated a short distance
to the west of the city, with a splendid outlook on
the sea. His highness was at this time at Cairo,
where he has another and more magnificent resi-
dence. He is said to spend a very small part of
his time in Alexandria, although he has here a
harem containing some two or three hundred
beautiful slaves.
The weather had previously been very cool, with
clouds and occasional showers, but this day exhi-
bited all the fury of an African sun, which " rained
down lightning" from a sky without a cloud. Be-
ing entirely unaccustomed to such exposure, I was
in consequence seriously indisposed the next day,
and was obliged to keep within doors.
On the afternoon of the 4th, we set out for Cairo
in a miserable little tow-boat, which conveyed us on
the Mahmoodeeyeh canal to the Nile. The water
was at this time extremely low, so that the boat
often ran aground, whereupon some of the hands,
PALACE OF THE PASHA.
them very much. I trust no one will be so mali-
cious as to hint that a fellow-feeling sometimes
makes us kind. I have, indeed, scarcely any objec-
tion to their bray, provided it is heard " far remote,"
and not too early in the morning. But to return to
my narrative. On the next day we visited the
palace of Abbas Pasha, situated a short distance
to the west of the city, with a splendid outlook on
the sea. His highness was at this time at Cairo,
where he has another and more magnificent resi-
dence. He is said to spend a very small part of
his time in Alexandria, although he has here a
harem containing some two or three hundred
beautiful slaves.
The weather had previously been very cool, with
clouds and occasional showers, but this day exhi-
bited all the fury of an African sun, which " rained
down lightning" from a sky without a cloud. Be-
ing entirely unaccustomed to such exposure, I was
in consequence seriously indisposed the next day,
and was obliged to keep within doors.
On the afternoon of the 4th, we set out for Cairo
in a miserable little tow-boat, which conveyed us on
the Mahmoodeeyeh canal to the Nile. The water
was at this time extremely low, so that the boat
often ran aground, whereupon some of the hands,