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Pyramides Hotel &c. The main street Rue de San Stefano contains the chief business houses run by Egyptians, Frenchmen, Greeks, Armenians &c. They all ply their trade in the street to the cry of "Verra goot, verra nice" & are a constant source of worry & trouble. But it is the boot-black who will worry one especially if he happens to notice & he of course invariably does – that your boots are dirty – as they, also invariably are.
On Saturday 10th we took a trip with a guide round Cairo, which is joined to Heliopolis with a fine tram system. The first place we visited was the Mosque of Amr, a building containing 365 pillars with no two alike. This was built of by sultan Amr when he took Egypt, & he
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