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Story of an Emigrant.
3 35
Side by side with these remains of the past we meet with
the great European improvements of our days,—the large
ships in the harbor, the churches, the schools, the
universities, the modern markets for trade and commerce, the
splendid hotels and exchanges.
alexandria.
T stopped two days in Alexandria. The second day I
visited the summer palace of the khedive, or vice-king, on
which occasion a funnv incident took place. Like every
other foreigner coming to Egypt I had bought a sample of
the head-gear generally used in that country, consisting of a
red cap called "fez," which is made of very thick, soft felt, and
fits very closely to the head. With this cap on and wearing
a tightly buttoned black coat I rode in the equipage already
mentioned to the palace. Ishmael Pasha, the former
khedive, who had just abdicated and left the country, had been
very popular among his servants and adherents. I was of
the same size and build as he, my beard was cut like his, and
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