A correspondent of the Times forwards a picturesque account of
a sudden rise of the Nile on the night of the 10th inst. He was sleeping in a house, in a village four miles south of the Pyramids, when he was awakened by a Bedouin, who warned him that the river was rising, and he fled first to the roof and afterwards to a rising ground, where the whole village had collected. The river rose steadily, " monopolizing even the noise," and as it rose, " house after house surged and came down with a dull souse into the water," amidst the wailings of the Arabs. With the last house, however, the wailings ceased, the men stood resigned, the women seemed to find the incident a relief from monotony, and the old Sheikh of the village went about gravely encouraging each in turn. The writer had constructed a raft, but the Sheikh thought Allah was merciful, the raft.too frail, and the current too strong, and declined the responsibility. Aid, however, was procured at last, and the good-humoured, patient people were rescued.
