The steamship Columbia in Sohag

IN SOHAG

Ida Uhse's travel diary says the following about the visit to Sohag:
“Sohag, 4th Jan. Arrived at eleven o’clock in the morning and immediately went for a ride to visit two monasteries. We rode for three hours and on the way back I lost my beautiful watch, the one I received as a gift from the Countess last Christmas. I was devastated to have lost it, as I loved the watch so dearly. The Countess promised to give me a new watch and asked me not to let this loss ruin the excursion for me. But I am still quite sad, as the watch was very dear to me. Today we arrived at Akhmim, where we shall stay overnight, an important city with close to 10,000 inhabitants, great cotton and shawl weaving mills, bazaars and a very popular weekly market.