Chapter III of W. Basil Worsfold's 1899 travel and political account The Redemption of Egypt. The author travels from Alexandria through the Nile Delta to Mehallet el-Kebir and visits a cotton ginning mill. He covers Egyptian cotton cultivation, prices against American cotton, export figures and destinations, and the ginning, garbling and baling of cotton and cotton seed. The chapter ends with a visit to the town, noting hand and foot-powered weaving of cotton towels and counterpanes, silk shawls and handkerchiefs, straw plaiting, and linseed cake manufacture.