; soon, one is alone or almost alone on deck to contemplate the picture of Marseilles, set on the shore of the Mediterranean at the foot of a chain of hills, now...
, and folds, and bluish hills, abrupt heights, sun-reddened slopes, graceful creeks, and symmetrical capes, leave their outlines and shades a long time on the horizon. Nothing is more beautiful than this coast of Provence, and that which follows it as far...

, and the Citadel crowned by the soaring Mosque of Mehemet Ali, rivalling the marvellous skyline of the Golden Horn. Behind the mosque and the tombs are the Golden Hills of the Mokattam range...
, a little to the left of this, and the Sharia-el-Magar, leading down from the shoulder of the Citadel hill. All of them abound in mediæval beauties. The Sharia Serougiya takes you...

to the boats.Now and then a felucca swept by, its enormous sail spread out to catch the wind. Black-robed women passed down to the river to fill their water-jars. Little boys plunged into the stream...
to take me with him when he rides on his journeys.”Little Amina's head drooped and tears stood in her big black eyes. She felt sad and lonely at so suddenly losing her...

are pursuing a different line, taking to their work a genial and unbiased spirit, which puts them in kindly touch with the people they want to help. As an instance of a work of this sort, I may mention , by Duncan Black...
, with the minaret of the mosque always rising as the crowning point, looked very picturesque.Soon in the distance the village in which we were to stay appeared, standing prettily on its small round hill or mound...

) with a border of the black pigment called “kohl,” which is seldom used but by women. He boasts his descent not only from the Prophet, but also from a very celebrated saint, Esh-Shaaráwee; and his...
when I treat of the superstitions of the Egyptians), is seen on many doors; but is far from being general: it is usually painted in black or white characters. Few doors but those of large...

blind: one of his eyes is almost entirely closed; and both are ornamented, on particular occasions (at least on the two grand annual festivals), with a border of the black pigment called “kohl,” which...

along by the waterways, the men in their blue cotton robes, and the women swathed in dusty black, a procession which, from the rising till the setting of the sun, seems never ending.Because we are riding...
-pots on their heads. The women are all swathed in the black robe of Egypt, so unsuitable where every pathway is a track of dust; as we appear, their faces are covered until the men of our party have passed.It would...