Journal containing holograph notes on Nassau William Senior's visit to Egypt, 18 November-31 December 1855. It includes conversations with: Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-94); Said Pasha (1822-63); Linant Bey [Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds]; Mougel Bey; Lord Canning (1812-62); Sir Frederick Bruce (1814-67); Stephan Bey, et al. Most of the conversations relate to the Suez Canal, as S. accompanied a group of engineers on an international commission to study the feasibility of such a canal. There are descriptions of all aspects of Egyptian life.
[Published in: Conversations and Journals in Egypt and Malta, 2 vols., edited by M. C. M. Simpson].