Johnston is writing on 'Kilimanjaro Expedition' headed paper to Hooker, informing him of his arrival in Cairo and of his meeting with Schweinfurth. He says he hopes to go on a botanical trip to the desert with Schweinfurth whilst he is in Egypt. He says that Sir Baning is going to present him on the morrow to the [?] and that he will be allowed to say \anything orignal and not savouring of the vapid humility that characterises one's first encounter with notabilities. I mean to plead for his influence in two things, a school of Neo-Sarascenic architecture and a Botanical Garden\". Page 1 of 2."