184 WONDERS OF EGYPT.

 

of this stream, there are a ereat many
things to be seen, which would interest
you. If you were going to Egypt, you
would direct your course to the mouth
(or rather mouths, for there are several
inlets from the river to the sea) of the
Nile. Then you would hire a small
vessel, and go up the stream. The first
place worth notice, which you would
pass, is Cairo. The captain of the ves-
sel would let you stop just where you
pleased ; for travelers there hire the
vessel and the crew, and have both en-
tirely under their own control, so that
they - can stop just when and where