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for he never by any chance hits or wounds any.

Yesterday James, Hine & I went into Town and had dinner with Mr Chinn or Chinn Bey as many call him, and as he is entitled to be called. First let me explain who & what Dr Chinn is. He is an Englishman who has lived in Egypt twenty years. He is the Chief Inspector for Education in Egypt. James knows him well & I met him before but yesterday was the first time I have been to his home. At the present time he reigns alone in is flat, his family being in England.

I thought we were never going to get to Cairo. During a very heavy dust storm yesterday morning an enormous lebbek  tree was blown across the tram line tearing down also a long length of overhead wire. No trams going, and on a Sunday too, meant a rush for the motors and carriages. When we arrived at the Mena terminus we found every vehicle gone or engaged, but the ubiquitous donk was there, so we hired three to take us to Gizah hoping to catch a tram there. The damage to the line however was further on. We were lucky here though in catching an empty carriage. The old cheat of a driver knew he had us at his mercy, so scandalously over charged us. However we reached Cairo, which many

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