text:  The nuptials were not however celebrated during her stay in Egypt the main difficulty being as she was informed _the choice of a bridegroom_! Though the costume of the Pasha's ladies did not differ materially from that already described in the hareem of Habeeb Effendi yet as the Kasr-ed-Dubarah may be considered as the centre of Cairo fashion it would be unpardonable to omit some notice of Mrs Poole's observations (somewhat abridged) on this all-important subject