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PYRAMIDS AND PROGRESS.
open-air platform of brickwork," which may be the very pavement at the entry
of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes to which Jeremiah pointed, foretelling that
Nebuchadrezzar as conqueror should set his throne and spread his royal pavilion
over it. The greatest statue of Ramses II., a hundred feet high, was at this city ;
nothing now remains but fragments—it is pulverized. When entire, this must
have been a wonderful object, seen all over the level Delta, asserting the visible
power of this great king, the Sesostris of the Greeks.
The ground floor of The Eastern Exchange contains a bazaar, where every
possible want of the traveller—clothing, food of all sorts, liquors, sweets, litera-
ture, crockery, everything-—can be had as cheap and as good as in London.
In fact, Port Said is not half a bad place to pass a day in—waiting for your
ship —but two days would be too long. The canal is a mere ditch cut out
by dredges through
the level sandy desert,
or through the marshes
of the great salt-water
lagoon of Lake Men-
zaleh. Yet, though
monotonous, the pas-
sage through the fifty
miles of artificial chan-
nel from Port Said to
Lake Timseh should
be made once, for
there is nothing like
it in the world.
Lake Timseh is a
pretty sheet of blue water: here a steam launch conveys passengers from the
steamers to Ismailia, about a mile from the line of the canal. Lake Timseh
was formerly fresh water, and its name implies that it was the abode of
crocodiles. These creatures have now deserted Egypt, and are only occasionally
seen in Nubian waters ; they do not understand steamboats, which disturb
their gentle nature. Ismailia was designed, by the first Khedive who gave it
his name, to be a great city, and the unbuilt streets cover a large space. But
its time has not yet come, and at present it is a most desolate place, which
one leaves as soon as possible. For those who are compelled to remain a few
hours, there are the beautiful gardens of the Khedive's palace, where orange and
lemon trees, palms, bananas, and all sorts of fruit flourish exceedingly. Lovely
roses and every flower w:ill grow here luxuriantly ; for Ismailia is supplied by
PITHOM: OXE OF THE
[Built for Ramses II. by the Israelite:
STOKE CITIES
; discovered by Dr. Na
open-air platform of brickwork," which may be the very pavement at the entry
of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes to which Jeremiah pointed, foretelling that
Nebuchadrezzar as conqueror should set his throne and spread his royal pavilion
over it. The greatest statue of Ramses II., a hundred feet high, was at this city ;
nothing now remains but fragments—it is pulverized. When entire, this must
have been a wonderful object, seen all over the level Delta, asserting the visible
power of this great king, the Sesostris of the Greeks.
The ground floor of The Eastern Exchange contains a bazaar, where every
possible want of the traveller—clothing, food of all sorts, liquors, sweets, litera-
ture, crockery, everything-—can be had as cheap and as good as in London.
In fact, Port Said is not half a bad place to pass a day in—waiting for your
ship —but two days would be too long. The canal is a mere ditch cut out
by dredges through
the level sandy desert,
or through the marshes
of the great salt-water
lagoon of Lake Men-
zaleh. Yet, though
monotonous, the pas-
sage through the fifty
miles of artificial chan-
nel from Port Said to
Lake Timseh should
be made once, for
there is nothing like
it in the world.
Lake Timseh is a
pretty sheet of blue water: here a steam launch conveys passengers from the
steamers to Ismailia, about a mile from the line of the canal. Lake Timseh
was formerly fresh water, and its name implies that it was the abode of
crocodiles. These creatures have now deserted Egypt, and are only occasionally
seen in Nubian waters ; they do not understand steamboats, which disturb
their gentle nature. Ismailia was designed, by the first Khedive who gave it
his name, to be a great city, and the unbuilt streets cover a large space. But
its time has not yet come, and at present it is a most desolate place, which
one leaves as soon as possible. For those who are compelled to remain a few
hours, there are the beautiful gardens of the Khedive's palace, where orange and
lemon trees, palms, bananas, and all sorts of fruit flourish exceedingly. Lovely
roses and every flower w:ill grow here luxuriantly ; for Ismailia is supplied by
PITHOM: OXE OF THE
[Built for Ramses II. by the Israelite:
STOKE CITIES
; discovered by Dr. Na