She is holding her shawl over her face with her teeth to conceal it as she 85 THE BARBER'S SHOP IN THE CATTLE-MARKET AT LUXOR. Which all Cook's tourists are taken to see. In front are bead and haber- THE ORIENTAL LOUNGE OF THE CATARACT HOTEL AT ASSUAN 107 THE UNJUST STEWARD: THE JUDGE'S COPTIC CLERK 122 By whom all the corruption of justice is managed in Egypt. WOMEN MOURNING This photo was taken at Luxor on the Day of the Conscription. The women 123 HOW WOMEN CARRY THEIR CHILDREN IN UPPER EGYPT DONKEY-BOYS AT THE GATES OF KARNAK 133 On the left is Joseph, on the right is one of the splendid troopers of the Showing how strictly Egyptian women envelop themselves in public. POMPEY'S PILLAR AT ALEXANDRIA 158 WOMAN HOLDING THE HUGE WOODEN EGYPTIAN DOOR-KEY IN HER Unchanged from the time of Cleopatra. On the road to Heliopolis. PLOUGHING IN THE FAYUM This is called the Virgilian plough in Italy, and in Egypt has been in use since AN EGYPTIAN COUNTRY HOUSE Much the same as in Cleopatra's time. About an hour's ride from Karnak. 159 174 Which reminds one of the Grand Canal at Venice, and has old palaces in the DAMIETTA 195 A mosque, a saint's tomb, and houses hidden behind the stacks of palm on. OLD MOSQUE AT ROSETTA At Rosetta the mosques are ancient, beautiful, and unrestored. There is ALEXANDRIA Old houses of the Rosetta type-some of the few domestic buildings left of the 210 211 FACING PAGE THE AVENUE OF SPHINXES AND PTOLEMAIC PYLON AT KARNAK 216 THE KHAN OF THE RED SEA MERCHANTS AT ROSETTA 217 THE CASTLE OF ABUKIR AND THE SCENE OF THE BATTLE OF THE NILE 222 A FELLAH'S FARM NEAR KARNAK 223 In the foreground are a pair of baby buffaloes. A FELLAH FAMILY IN THE FAYUM This is probably the way in which Joseph and Mary and the Child Jesus went 238 PIGEON-TOWERS IN THE FAYUM In the village at the foot of the Hawara Pyramid. THE VILLAGE OF KURNA AND ITS FELLAHIN ON THE PLAIN OF THEBES 239 250 251 KHARGA VILLAGE, IN THE GREAT OASIS OF THE LIBYAN DESERT 274 UNDER PROTEST 275 To mount a camel a lady needs the assistance of at least three people. The A ROMÁN CASTLE IN THE GREAT OASIS OF THE LIBYAN DESERT 292 DOUM PALM AND WELL IN THE ROMAN CASTLE OF THE GREAT OASIS A group of dragomans on the river bank at Luxor, with the hills of Thebes THE TEMPLE OF PTAH AT KARNAK, WHERE THE MOON SHINES ON THE This is the image which the fellahin think is an ogre who devours children. A NILE VILLAGE All the way up the Nile one sees reflected in its waters palm groves and FACING PAGE THE STATUE OF MEMNON AT THEBES It and its fellow are usually called the Colossi of Thebes. They are loftier 326 THE VALLEY OF THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS AT THEBES The rocks of the exterior, with their noble architectural effects, are little 327 With the Ramesseum Temple in the background. On the plain of Thebes. DRAGOMAN EXPLAINING CARTOUCHES IN THE TEMPLE OF KOMOMBO 350 SAINT'S TOMB IN THE DESERT BEHIND THE CATARACT HOtel at 364 Taken from my bedroom balcony, in the Cataract Hotel. These galleys are A TYPICAL NILE TOWN 381 THE TEMPLE OF AMON-RA AT KARNAK 412 The largest in the world. The ruins of this group are a mile and a half round. THE YOUNG IDEA 413 Taken at the village just outside Karnak. The idea of these boys is to make |