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Show a w 11 as illustrating an intelligent strength that is capable of meeting every difficulty in life ancl resisting e\'ery oppo. ition without fear or harm. Y s, we saw the I yramids and the Sphinx and caught them in our camera, and drank deep of the mystic spell of the great desert ancl the land in which they continue to defy the ra,·ag·es of time. One e\·ening at o:30 o'clock found u again on an Ti:gyptian train en route for Luxor, -J.()O miles up the 1\ile River. 'fhis ride was delightful because it g·ave us an opportunity to tra,,e] on a real Oriental sleeper and to test the meals on a Diner. Doth of these were quite satisfactory, though a bit differe1d to what our own country offers. Th sleeper berth i made up right on the seat. and there i. an upper also. The Diner sen'icc is table d'hote, and there was surely an abundance of well prepared f od that was splendidly served. The night was greatly enjoyed and the llJ.Orning brought us to Luxor, larch 12th. Ot;r travel had brought LL thr ugh most interesting and historic and fertile sections of old Egypt, where in the early m rning hours, I had noticed the mud villag-es. the fields of grain and the almost numherlc s multitud s that were making their way from their vi11age homes to the fields that they cttlti,·atecl. I3ut Luxor wa. our stopping place, and at cio·ht o'clo ·k our train pulled into the Station. \ few moments more and we were being most cordially received at our II otel, vvhere every appointnient ancl service was quite . atisfactory. Luxor is . ituated on the east bank of the :\ ile, and besides containing- tlle ruins of the Temple of Luxor and being called the "City of Dreams," it is the center of profitable clays |