"When shall we be able to get over the palace?" demanded Harry Girdwood.
"Come to me in the course of to-morrow afternoon," said the Irish Turk.
"We will."
This arranged, they strolled through the bazaar, trading and bartering with the dealers, and making an odd collection of purchases, to take home as curiosities.
But of all the curiosities, the most remarkable was perhaps a pair of real Egyptian mummies, which they discovered in the possession of a shrewd and greedy old Arab.
"We shall have quite an extensive museum," said Jack.
"Blessed if I care to see a brace o' stiff uns on board," growled Nat Cringle.
"We shall not for the present take them on board," said Jack; "we shall first take them to our rooms. We shall find some use for the mummies, eh, Harry?"
"I believe you, my boy," said Harry. "We'll name the mummies Mole and the orphan. Ha, ha!"