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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE BANNER OF THE PROPHET AT THE FEAST OF BAIRAM

OLD MAN PLAYING NATIVE LUTB IN THE BAZARS AT CAIRO
Native children behind him.

THE AUTHOR IN HIS ARAB DRESS

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THE POTTERS' MARKET, WITH MOSQUE AND FELLAH WOMEN IN THE
BACKGROUND, AT GIZEH, A SUBURB OF CAIRO.

AN EGYPTIAN VILLAGE LARDER

In this, made of mud, the guileless Egyptian puts his corn and vegetables to
keep them from the goats, and his children, to keep them from the snakes
and scorpions. It looks like a font for the baptism of a giant.

EGYPTIAN BOYS AND GIRLS

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One boy is playing on the double Arab pipe, which may go back to Ptolemaic
times, since they have much the same pipes in Sicily, which are always sup-
posed to have come down from the age of Theocritus.

THE OCCUPATION OF EGYPT-SLEEPING

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Scene taken near the Serapeum at Sakkara, the ancient Memphis.

EGYPTIAN WOMAN WITH HER SHAWL OVER THE BURDEN ON HER HEAD
TO SHIELD HER FROM THE FIERCE SUN.

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On the road from Karnak to Luxor. In the background are camels carrying
stones for building.

AT LUXOR

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Women with their shawls over their head-burdens to protect them from the

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EXIT EGYPT

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Fellah in his ordinary costume, riding a donkey.

FELLAHIN WAITING FOR THE POLICE-COURT TO OPEN AT LUXOR

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AT DAMIETTA

Forage ass protesting.

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