FROM CAIRO TO THE ATBARA PAGE Correspondents' Permits--Academic Obstacles--Fellow-Passengers to Alexandria--French Animosity in Egypt--Indifferentism of Egyptian Natives--An Interesting Dinner--Preparations for the Campaign--Egyptian Magic--A Native "Medium"--Ali buys a Sword--Departure from Cairo--A Matrimonial Quarrel--Rumours about the Khalifa--Discomforts of the Night Journey--The Luxor Hotel--Malevolent Spiders--Karnak--By Rail to Shellal--Imbecility of Ali's Brother--Hospital Arrangements--Dreariness of a Nile Voyage--Cheerfulness of Tommy Atkins--A Classic Tale of Horror--Death of a Soldier--From Wady Halfa in a Cattle Truck--Abu Ahmed--First Night at the Atbara--Chequered Career of t…
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