TO CAIRO. 305 Assouan was reached on the igth June; but, although we stayed there a couple of days, there was nothing worthy of note. Four days more brought us to Edfou, a lovely temple with vast stones for a roof don't know how the Ancient Egyptians got them there saw it by moonlight and two days more to Luxor. Here we stopped for a day, and went to see all the ruins ; these I won't try to describe, as " Murray " knows a good deal more about them than I do.

At last, on the 29th, we got to Assiut, the head of the railway from Cairo, and on the following afternoon were entrained for Alexandria. We were not to halt it Cairo for long, but only to stay for breakfast, and ;hen push on as fast as possible for Alexandria.

The train reached the Boulak Dacrour station [Cairo) at about nine, and there we found a sumptuous >reakfast prepared for us. Every sort of good thing /as provided, down to real ice for everybody. This ist was a great luxury, for we had naturally seen lone since the previous October. I believe, as a matter >f fact, one block of ice used to be sent up weekly