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space is covered with bright green grass. Round it are rows of palm trees. The house of the chief stands on one side of this green. 11. Every village has its well, and every well has its water-wheel for drawing up the water. By the side of the well the old men of the village sit smoking and chatting. The women come to the well to fill their pitchers with water. 12. All the houses are built of Nile mud. This mud is dug out of the banks of the river. It is mixed with a little chopped straw to hold it together. Then it is put into moulds. After a time it is turned out of the moulds, and is left to dry in the sun. [Illustration: The Chief City of Egypt. (From the picture by Talbot Kelly, R.I.)] * * * * * 6. CHILDREN OF EGYPT. [Illustration: {An Egyptian woman}] 1. In the picture you see two of the women of Egypt. One of them is standing at the edge of the river. She is filling her pitcher with water. The other woman is carrying a lamb in her arms. 2. The people of Egypt have changed but little since the days of Moses. The men have brown faces, white teeth, and bright black eyes. Most of them wear beards and shave their heads. 3. The women wear long dark cloaks. If they are well-to-do they cover their faces with a veil. They think it wrong to let their faces be seen by any men except their husbands. 4. I think Kate would like to hear something about the children. Those who have rich fathers wear beautiful clothes, and have a very happy time. Poor children wear few clothes, and are nearly always covered with dust. 5. Many of the boys go to school, and are taught just as you are. They read the same kind of books that you read. 6. The children of Egypt always obey their parents, and are never rude to them. I think they have very good manners. 7. All the people of Egypt love singing. Their voices are soft and sweet. The boatmen on the Nile sing as they row. The fruit-sellers sing as they cry their wares in the streets. 8. Many of the boys in the chief city of Egypt are donkey drivers. In Egypt donkeys are far more used for riding than horses. The donkeys are beautiful little animals, and they trot along very quickly. [Illustration: {A boy with two donkeys}] 9. Each donkey has a boy to run after it with a stick, and to shout at it to make it go. The donkey boys are very jolly little fellows. They always smile, however far they have to run. 10. Most donkey boys wear a white or blue gown, and have a red cap, or fez, on the head. If a donkey boy sees an Englishman coming, he runs to him and says, "My donkey is called John Bull." If he sees an American coming, he says that his donkey's name is Yankee Doodle. 11. Sometimes the donkey boy will ask the rider,-- "Very good donkey?" If the rider says "Yes," he will then ask,-- "Very good donkey boy?" "Yes." 12. "Very good saddle too?" "Yes." "_Then me have very good present!_" 13. Now let me tell you something that will surprise you. The people of Egypt in the old, old days thought that their cats were gods. 14. They prayed to them and built temples to them. When the family cat died, all the people in the house shaved their eyebrows to show how sorry they were.--Best love to you all. FATHER. * * * * * 7. THROUGH THE CANAL. 1. MY DEAR CHILDREN,--I have just sailed through a very wonderful canal. It joins two great seas together, and is now part of the way to India. 2. By means of this canal we can sail from England to India in three weeks. Before it was made the voyage took three months or more. 3. The canal was made more than forty years ago by a Frenchman. He dug a great ditch, and joined together a number of lakes. By doing so he made a waterway from sea to sea. This waterway is about a hundred miles long. 4. I joined my ship at the town which stands at the north end of the canal. There is nothing to see in the town except the lighthouse and the shops. On the sea wall there is a statue of the Frenchman who made the canal. 5. As we lay off the town we could see many little boats darting to and fro. The boatmen were dressed in all the colours of the rainbow--red, blue, green, and orange. In one boat there were men and women playing

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