Cairo--Quarrel with the captain--Rapacity of the beggars--The custom-house--The consulate--Aspect of Cairo--Narrow and crowded streets--Costumes--The mad-house--Disgusting exhibition-- Joseph's well--Palace of Mehemet Ali--Dates--Mosques at Cairo-- Excursion to the pyramids of Gizeh--Gizeh--Eggs hatched by artificial heat--Ascent of the pyramids--The sphynx--Return to Cairo CHAPTER XVI.

Christian churches at Cairo--The Esbekie-square-- Theatre--Howling dervishes--Mashdalansher, the birthday of Mahomet-- Procession and religious ceremony--Shubra--Excursion through the desert to Suez--Hardships of the journey--Scenes in the desert--The camel--Caravans--Mirage--The Red Sea--Suez--Bedouin Camp--Quarrel with the camel-driver--Departure for Alexandria CHAPTER XVII.

Return to Alexandria--Egyptian burials--Catacombs of Alexandria--Viceroy's palace--Departure from Alexandria--The steamer Eurotas--Candia--Syra--Paros and Antiparos--The Morea--Fire on board--Malta--Quarantine--St.Augustine's church--Clergymen-- Beggars--Costumes--Soldiers--Civita Vecchia CHAPTER XVIII.

The steamer Hercules--Syracuse--Neapolis--Ruins-- Catanea--Convent of St.Nicholas--Messina--The Duke of Calabria-- Palermo--The royal palace--Church of St.Theresa--St.Ignazio-- Catacombs of the Augustine convent--Skeletons--Olivuzza--Royal villa "Favorite"-- St.Rosalia--Brutality of the Italian mob--Luxuriant vegetation--Arrival at Naples CHAPTER XIX.

Sojourn at Naples--Sickness--Laziness of the people-- Royal palace--Rotunda--Strada Chiaga and Toledo--St.Carlo Theatre-- Largo del Castello--Medina Square--Marionettes--St.Jesu Nuovo--St.
Jesu Maggiore--St.Maria di Piedigrotta--Public gardens--Academy "degli Studii"-- Cathedral of St.Januarius--St.Jeronimi--St.Paula Maggiore--St.Chiara--Baths of Nero--Solfatara--Grotto "del Cane"-- Resina--Ascent of Vesuvius--Caserta CHAPTER XX.