CHAPTER I.

CAIRO STREET AND TURKISH VILLAGE.

A general combination of the a-chitectural features of the city of Cairo — Mosques, minarets, dancing girls,
shopkeepers, musicians, camels, donkeys and dogs — The temple of Luxor reproduced — Tomb of the
sacred bull — Nubians and Soudanese — Reproduction of tempies four thousand years old — A room full of
mummies — Egyptian shops and shopkeepers — No such sight ever seen before in Europe or America — Lap-
landers and their reindeers — Wonders of the Turkish village — Counterparts of objects in Constantinople
—Turkish theatres and bazaars— The five million dollar tent of the Shah of Persia, which took one hun-
dred years to make — Marvels of oriental tapestry and embroidery — Sword and handkerchief dances . 549-