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VISIT TO A BET.
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same cause; indeed, I think Italy is even worse in this
respect than Egypt. In France men are polite, and espe-
cially public servants are attentive and polite, without look-
rag for remuneration; but in England, even the liveried
porters of the National Bank, and the servants of her
Majesty in lace coats, and ruffs, and white-topped boots, do
not disdain to hold out the hand for a shilling for opening
a door. Americans are said to be the slaves of the dollar;
but they get the dollar by industry, enterprise, and labor,
and not by the loafish begging of the Englishman for his
shilling, the Italian for his paul, and the Egyptian for his
piastre. My countrymen will pardon this digression for
the national honor!
After we had seen the factory, our Nubian attendant
inquired if we would like to call upon the Bey who has
charge of this portion of the Pasha's estates and revenue,
and who was then on a visit to the place in his own barge.
The Bey is a chief servant, or minister in waiting, of the
Pasha, and has the superintendence of a given department,
with the privilege of being near the person of the Viceroy,
as he in turn may approach the person of the Sultan at
Constantinople. We found this dignitary in a barge of the
nicest order, cushioned and curtained with all possible
regard to comfort and to privacy. He was seated on a
divan in a corner of the outer apartment, with his feet
coiled gracefully under drooping folds of linen. His head
was adorned with a white cap wreathed about with a shawl
°f green and red Moss silk, which descended carelessly over
his shoulders. As the morning was cold, he wore over his
robe of silk and linen a full half cloak of a rich brown
cloth. Beneath him was spread a very rich and elegant rug,
and a small carpet adorned a patch of the cabin floor. Upon
this rested a silver urn, elegantly chased, and filled with
scented water, into one side of which was inserted a pipe-
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same cause; indeed, I think Italy is even worse in this
respect than Egypt. In France men are polite, and espe-
cially public servants are attentive and polite, without look-
rag for remuneration; but in England, even the liveried
porters of the National Bank, and the servants of her
Majesty in lace coats, and ruffs, and white-topped boots, do
not disdain to hold out the hand for a shilling for opening
a door. Americans are said to be the slaves of the dollar;
but they get the dollar by industry, enterprise, and labor,
and not by the loafish begging of the Englishman for his
shilling, the Italian for his paul, and the Egyptian for his
piastre. My countrymen will pardon this digression for
the national honor!
After we had seen the factory, our Nubian attendant
inquired if we would like to call upon the Bey who has
charge of this portion of the Pasha's estates and revenue,
and who was then on a visit to the place in his own barge.
The Bey is a chief servant, or minister in waiting, of the
Pasha, and has the superintendence of a given department,
with the privilege of being near the person of the Viceroy,
as he in turn may approach the person of the Sultan at
Constantinople. We found this dignitary in a barge of the
nicest order, cushioned and curtained with all possible
regard to comfort and to privacy. He was seated on a
divan in a corner of the outer apartment, with his feet
coiled gracefully under drooping folds of linen. His head
was adorned with a white cap wreathed about with a shawl
°f green and red Moss silk, which descended carelessly over
his shoulders. As the morning was cold, he wore over his
robe of silk and linen a full half cloak of a rich brown
cloth. Beneath him was spread a very rich and elegant rug,
and a small carpet adorned a patch of the cabin floor. Upon
this rested a silver urn, elegantly chased, and filled with
scented water, into one side of which was inserted a pipe-