In 1835 a new charter was granted to a second company, and in 1837 the Cairo City & Canal Co.
I went into the streets of Cairo, and rode on the camel.
In 1833 Ferdinand de Lesseps was sent as consul to Cairo, and soon afterwards given the management of the consulategeneral at Alexandria, a post that he held until 1837.
In Africa Egypt opened her first line (between Alexandria and Cairo) in 1856, and Cape Colony followed in 1860.
On his arrival at Cairo, however, the offer was withdrawn and he only obtained the command of the Egyptian police.
