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of old Cairo & you also see the Nile in all its glory. Nearby the dragoman will show the identical bush under which Moses floated & mostly you are rewarded with a sprig which you are supposed to gratefully accept. One little village, devoted to students & their parents I liked very much. This was Choubrah, over the railway section. It is rather the Latin portion of Cairo & provides many a little adventure worth recalling. I almost invariably wandered along there during bankruptcy periods with either French or native Copts where we indulged in Floury cakes & a glass of water at ½ a piastre.
During the latter portion of my stay in Cairo I developed a mania for automobiles & a good deal of my money went in this direction. The road to Cairo from Mena House Hotel is perfect for motoring & the scenery en route is very varied. I have described a portion elsewhere but it is worth recording the beauty of Avenue at present. Sheets of quiet water, over which rustic bridges are placed & the verdant green is everywhere to be seen. Oxen drawing rude implements of agriculture drawn lazily up & down the rice fields & every few minutes