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composed of one solid mud block built in as small a space as possible under the shade of the date palms. Here live, in filth, squalor & vermin, the true extract of the old Egyptian race. The fowls, sheep, donkeys, &c. share the dwellings with their owners.
For the greater part of the time the road, canal & railway run along side by side. The fresh water canal is alive with dhows; the road streams with donkeys, camels, sheep, goats, & buffalo. After passing through Arab towns of such note as Belbeis & Zag-i-zig, we arrived at Zeitoun, about 4 p.m., & then marched to our camp at Heliopolis.
The latter is a fine new town, with many handsome buildings such as the Catholic Church, Grand Mosque, Palace Hospital, Pensionnat de Sacre Coeur, Les