RECORDS OF SILLINESS. 45 trees alternate with the palm, orange, acacia, and the yellow mimosa, whose blossoms make the isle fragrant. I gathered a bunch of roses and jasmine-flowers from the unpruned vines. In the centre of the garden is an artificial grotto lined with shells, many of which have been broken off and carried away by ridiculous tourists. There is no limit to human silliness, as I have wisely concluded, after seeing Pompey's Pillar disfigured by " Isaac Jones " (or some equally classic name), in capitals of black paint, a yard long, and finding " Jenny Lind" equally prominent on the topmost stone of the great Pyramid.

(Of course, the enthusiastic artist chiselled his own name beside hers.) A mallet and chisel are often to be found in the outfits of English and American travellers, and to judge from the frequency of certain names, and the pains bestowed upon their inscription, the owners must have spent the most of their time ip Upper Egypt, in leaving records of their vulgar vanity.