In enumerating the wild beasts of the desert, it may not be irrelevant to observe, that the hyæna and wolf are seldom met with in unfrequented districts, or any great distance from the Nile, where they would suffer from want of food, and are therefore principally confined to the mountains lying a few miles from the edge of the cultivated land. The wolf is very rarely seen on the coast of the Red Sea, and few even of the watering-places of the interior of the desert are infested by it, or the hyæna.
The hippopotamus was always rare in Lower Egypt, but in Upper Ethiopia this amphibious animal is common in the Nile.
The crocodile, formerly an inhabitant of Lower Egypt and the Delta, now limits the extent of its visits northward to the districts about Inanfaloot.
As a guide to the cost of a berth, or cabin, it is only necessary to mention the rates at which passengers can be accommodated, according to the berth or cabin they occupy.
Key: A-Aden. B-Ceylon. C-Madras. D-Calcutta. E-Penang. F-Singapore. G-Hong Kong.
+------------------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ | FROM ENGLAND TO | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | +------------------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+ | | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |_For a Gentleman_, occupying }| | | | | | | | | a berth in one of the }| | | | | | | | | general gentlemen's }| 77 |113 |118 |127 |134 |142 |165 | | cabins }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_For a Lady_, occupying a }| | | | | | | | | berth in one of the }| 82 |122 |127 |136 |143 |152 |175 | | general ladies' cabins}| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_For a Gentleman and his }| | | | | | | | | Wife._ A whole cabin }|214 |290 |299 |317 |332 |350 |396 | | throughout }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Occupying one of }| | | | | | | | | the best reserved }|259 |335 |344 |362 |377 |395 |441 | | cabins throughout. }| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_For a Child with the Parent_,| | | | | | | | | 5 years and under 10 | 50 | 65 | 70 | 80 | 70 | 75 | 85 | | 2 years and under 5 | 35 | 45 | 50 | 60 | 50 | 55 | 65 | | Not exceeding 2 years |Free|Free|Free|Free|Free|Free|Free| |_For Servants_--European-- | | | | | | | | | Female| 37 | 46 | 52 | 62 | 52 | 57 | 67 | | Male| 35 | 44 | 50 | 60 | 50 | 55 | 65 | | Native--Female| 30 | 32 | 38 | 44 | 39 | 44 | 49 | | Male| 26 | 28 | 34 | 40 | 35 | 40 | 45 | +------------------------------+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+