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CHAP. XVIII.]
SIOUT.
127
this is always a year in arrear, and, when paid, is paid half in
kind.
Every boat ascending the Nile hoists the flag of the country
to which its proprietor belongs. Besides this, each traveller,
before leaving Cairo, adopts a private flag, and registers it at
the hotels with his own name and that of his boat. Thus, every
stranger, on arriving at Cairo, learns who is " up " the river,
and for what flag to look.
I had been expecting for some days to meet an old friend, and,
hearing that there was an English flag at Siout, we pushed on
day and night, stimulating our crew by bribes, till'we arrived
at the little village of El Hamra. This is the port of Siout,
which is the capital of Upper Egypt, and was the residence of
Ibrahim Pasha when governor of the province.
SIOUT.
127
this is always a year in arrear, and, when paid, is paid half in
kind.
Every boat ascending the Nile hoists the flag of the country
to which its proprietor belongs. Besides this, each traveller,
before leaving Cairo, adopts a private flag, and registers it at
the hotels with his own name and that of his boat. Thus, every
stranger, on arriving at Cairo, learns who is " up " the river,
and for what flag to look.
I had been expecting for some days to meet an old friend, and,
hearing that there was an English flag at Siout, we pushed on
day and night, stimulating our crew by bribes, till'we arrived
at the little village of El Hamra. This is the port of Siout,
which is the capital of Upper Egypt, and was the residence of
Ibrahim Pasha when governor of the province.