| Description | George Cadbury begins this letter by expressing his excitement about staying so close to 'the great pyramid the sphynx' on the borders of 'the great desert'. He describes the couple's journey to Cairo via Port Said and Ismailia, remarking on their four days travelling on the steamer and providing a harrowing description of a coal barge he had seen. Cadbury also describes his first experience of 'Eastern life', remarking on people's dress and habits and a visit to a Mosque.
Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury continues the letter with an account of the couple's journey by canal to Ismalia, remarking on their hotel and the weather. She describes travelling to Cairo remarking on the sights, such as 'the ancient treasure houses' of the Egyptian Pharaohs and the many camels they had seen. She also writes about dining at an Egyptian hotel and remarks on meeting the Dorlands, some friends of the Cadbury family, before commenting briefly on a walk around the pyramids. Taylor Cadbury added a description of the male Turkish chambermaids and waiters, remarking on their dress and noting that many of the men were 'very handsome'.
George Cadbury concludes this letter remarking on an early morning stroll in the desert which had been spoiled by a confrontation with two men who had asked him to employ them as guides. He also comments briefly on the weather. |