It is a common belief among the Egyptians, that every European traveller who visits their country is an emissary from his King; and it is difficult to convince them that this is not the case: so strange to them is the idea of a man’s incurring great trouble and expense for the purpose of acquiring the knowledge of foreign countries and nations. Footnote 6: Kur-án, chap, iv., ver. 96. Footnote 7: Kur-án, chap. lvi., ver 78. Footnote 8: David Urquhart, Esq., author of “The Spirit of the East,” etc. Footnote 9: Here I must mention, that I have written “Básha” instead of “Pásha” in conformity with the pronunciation of the Egyptians. Footnote 10: Strictly speaking, it has a sound between that of “a” in “bad” and that of “u” in “bud;” sometimes approximating more to the former, and sometimes to the latter. Footnote 11: Its sound, however, often approximates to that of “a” in “ball.” Footnote 12: Respecting this term, see the first of the notes in Chapter xxvi. Footnote 13: This is the temperature in the shade. At Thebes, I have observed the thermometer to rise above 110° during a khamáseen wind, in the shade. Footnote 14: This remark was written before the terrible plague of the present year [1835], which was certainly introduced from Turkey, and extended throughout the whole of Egypt, though its ravages were not great in the southern parts. It has destroyed not less than eighty thousand persons in Cairo: that is, one-third of the population; and far more, I believe, than two hundred thousand in all Egypt. According to a report made by the government, the victims of this plague in Cairo were about _forty_ thousand; but I have been informed, on high authority, that the government made it a rule to report only half the number of deaths in this case. Footnote 15: This is the name by which the modern Egyptians call their country, as well as its metropolis. Footnote 16: With red ochre and lime wash. Footnote 17: No. 1 is a view and section of a portion of the most simple kind. This and the other four kinds are here represented on a scale of about one-seventh of the real size. No. 6 shows the general proportions of the side of a projecting window. The portion A is, in most instances, of lattice-work similar to No. 1, and comprises about twelve rows of beads in the width: the portion B is commonly either of the same kind, or like No. 2 or No. 3; and the small lattice C, which is attached by hinges, is generally similar to No. 4. Footnote 18: Commonly similar to No. 1, or No. 5. Footnote 19: Some large houses have two courts: the inner for the hareem; and in the latter, or both of these, there is usually a little enclosure of arched wood-work in which trees and flowers are raised. Footnote 20: In the accompanying view of the court of a house, the door of the hareem is that which faces the spectator. Footnote 21: