The Cleopatra.

CHAPTER VII.

LIFE ON THE NILE.

Independence of Nile Life — The Dahabiyeh — Our Servants— Our Residence— Our Manner of Living— The Climate — The Natives— Costume— Our Sunset Repose— My Friend— A Sensuous Life Defended.

"The life thou seek'st Thou'lt find beside the Eternal Nile." — Mooee's Alcipuron.

We hear inuch said by tourists who have visited Egypt, concerning the comparative pains and pleasures of life on the Nile, and their decisions are as various as their individual characters. Four out of every five eomplain of the monotony and tedium of the voyage, and pour forth touching lamentations over the annoyance of rats and cockroaches, the impossibility of procuring beef-steak, or the difficulty of shooting crocodiles. Some of them are wholly impermeable to the influ-