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VISIT TO CAIRO.

BY

THE REV. PASCOE GRENFELL HILL,

AUTHOR OF A JOURNEY THROUGH PALESTINE."

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A VISIT TO CAIRO.

AFTER many rambles in the Isles of Greece and the neighbouring coasts, regions full of mingled classical and sacred interest, having heard, when at Canea, in Crete, in the spring of 1838, that an Austrian steam-vessel would touch at that port, on her way from Trieste to Alexandria, I resolved to take the opportunity thus afforded me to indulge my curiosity by a glimpse at the wonders of Egypt.

The few days during which I awaited, in Canea, the arrival of the steam-vessel, the "Principe Metternich," passed amid cordial hospitalities shown to me by Mr. Ongley, the British consul, and by the Reverend Mr. Benton, Missionary of the American Episcopal Church. From other residents at the port of Canea, chiefly French merchants I met, likewise, that kindness of reception, which is so cheering to the wanderer on foreign land.

Of all the islands girt by the blue waves and golden sky of the Levant, there is none more beautiful than Crete. Its green wellwatered valleys and plains, and its wild

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