XLI THE STILL VALLEY OF THE KINGS 346 XLII THE HIGHWAY OF EGYPT 359 XLIII OTHER WAYS THAT ARE EGYPTIAN 370 XLIV SAKKARA AND THE SACRED BULLS 377 XLV A VISIT WITH RAMESES II 382 XLVI THE LONG WAY HOME 391 ILLUSTRATIONS WE CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT BEING WILLING TO SAIL PAST _Frontispiece_ TO ME IT WAS ALL TRUE, ALL ROMANCE--ALL POETRY 3 SOMEBODY SENT ME A BASKET OF FRUIT 13 THEY ARE AN ATTRACTIVE LOT--THE REPROBATES 17 GAVE HIM THE "ICY MITT" 21 THEY COULD DIVE LIKE SEALS 33 TWO MEN TAKE YOU IN HAND, AND AWAY YOU GO 38 DID A SORT OF FANDAROLE 41 THEN IT DAWNED UPON THE DIPLOMAT 43 BUT NOW GIBRALTAR, THE CROUCHING LION OF TRAFALGAR, HAD RISEN FROM THE SEA 49 WE COULD HAVE LISTENED ALL NIGHT TO BEÑUNES 53 "THAT IS THE KASBA" 66 ONE DOES NOT HURRY THE ORIENT--ONE WAITS ON IT 68 MARVELLOUS BASKETS AND QUEER THINGS 72 WE DID NOT CARE MUCH FOR PARKS 74 ETERNALLY EAST WITH NO HINT OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD 76 TWO BENT, WRINKLED WOMEN WEAVING LACE OUTSIDE THE DOOR 109 WE LOOKED ACROSS THE ENTRANCE AND THERE ROSE THE ACROPOLIS, HIGH AGAINST THE BLUE 122 HE WOULD SWING HIS ARMS AND BEGIN, "YOU SEE--!" THE REST REQUIRED A MIND-READER 124 I WOULD HAVE APPLIED FOR THE POSITION IN THE CHORUS MYSELF 129 TOOK TURNS ADDRESSING THE MULTITUDE 131 ONE'S AGE, STATED ON OATH, GOES WITH A PASSPORT 148 KEYEFF 150 I WANTED TO CARRY AWAY ONE OF THOSE TOMBSTONES 189 ALL THE PLAINS AND SLOPES OF THE OLD CITY, WITH ITS WHITE FRAGMENTS AND POOR RUINED HARBOR, LAY AT OUR FEET 198 FROM THE TIME OF ADAM, BAALBEC BECAME A PLACE OF ALTARS 216 SO THE PATRIARCHS JOURNEYED; SO, TWO THOUSAND YEARS LATER, JOSEPH AND MARY TRAVELLED INTO EGYPT 225 URGING US TO PARTAKE OF THE PRECIOUS STUFF, WITHOUT STINT 243 ASKED HIM IF HE WOULDN'T EXECUTE A LITTLE COMMISSION FOR ME IN THE BAZAARS 249