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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER IX. Page

Environs, &c.—Heliopolis—Palace of Shoobra—Oriental Gardens—
Odalisques—Tombs of the Mamelukes—Petrified Forest—Chicken
Ovens—Feast of Lanterns—Doseh—Slave Market . 49

CHAPTER X.

The Hareem—Wives—Their Seclusion—Fatima—Vengeance . . 59

CHAPTER XI.

Woman—Her gay Imprisonment—Her Immortality—Houris—Pilgrim-
age—Dress and Appearance ........ 05

CHAPTER XII.

The Moslem—Costume—Color—The Citizen—The Peasant—Religion
—Death—Paradise—Daily Life—The Osmanli—The Mameluke . 72

CHAPTER XIII.

Mahometanism—Star-worship—"People of the Book"—Parentage ot
the Prophet—His Creed—The Koran . 84

CHAPTER XIV.

Christianity—The African Church—The Copt—The Missionaries . 93

CHAPTER XV.

Magic—Of the Early Egyptians—Of the Modern—The Magician—
Magnetism..... ... 98

CHAPTER XVI.

Life upon the Nile—Metropolis—Joseph's Granaries—Embarkation
Voyage — Night — Morning — The Tent — The Boat — Acherusia
—Memphis..... . . 105

CHAPTER XVII.

Music—On the Desert—On the Nile—Songs.....114

CHAPTER XVIII.

Valley of the Nile—Navigation—Scenery—Exuberance of Animal Life
—Conscription—Funeral—Night Storm—Sugar Plantation , 121

CHAPTER XIX.

Biout—Catacombs—Stabl d'Antar—View—Mummies—Tradition . 128