July 8, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
To Sir Alexander Duff Gordon.
Cairo,
July 8, 1867.
Dearest Alick,
I arrived to-day, after thirty-eight days’ voyage, one month of ceaseless furious wind. My poor men had a hard pull down against it. However I am feeling better than when I left Luxor.
Omar has just brought a whole cargo of your letters, the last of the 26 June. Let me know your plans. If you can go up the river I might send the boat beforehand to Minieh, so far there is a railway now, which would break the neck of the tedious part of the voyage for you if you are pressed for time. I must send this off at once to catch early post to-morrow. Excuse haste, I write in all the bustle of arrival.