CHAPTER XXX.

Down the river in dahabiehs Korosko Assouan Edfou Assiut Cairo A disappointment Alexandria Home.

ON arriving at Wady Haifa we found a couple of dahabiehs awaiting us, and orders to start next morning ; so we got out of the train and went on board for the night. On the following day we got parcels upon parcels of clothes, tinned meats, games, and every sort of thing that had been sent out to us and stuck on the way. Up-stream these articles would have been most useful ; as it was, they only added to our baggage. H and I wandered about on shore, and we had breakfast at a restaurant. Fried potatoes! white table-cloth! china cups and saucers!

it almost took away our breath the magnificence of the surroundings. I then went to see poor Townshend in hospital, and after some time was admitted. I never saw such a change. Although he was certainly not