Queer Things about EgyptHurst & blackett, Limited, 1911 - 428 pages This book is filled with varied information about Egypt. Everything is touched upon—the people, their customs, and manner of writing English, descriptions of scenery, history and social conditions—in the manner of a well informed traveler willing to tell all he knows. 1t is an entertaining book, and one which a visitor to Egypt could hardly afford to be without, especially the seekers of recreation in perusing passages of sprightly talk about things new and old, maintained by a man who is likely to have cheered many a table and fireside by his traveler's tales. |
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Page vii
... land it had rescued the Pax Britannica gave the priceless gifts of security of person and property , and unfailing and equitably distributed water , till the whole land smiled as it had never smiled since it lost the Pax Romana ...
... land it had rescued the Pax Britannica gave the priceless gifts of security of person and property , and unfailing and equitably distributed water , till the whole land smiled as it had never smiled since it lost the Pax Romana ...
Page xi
... land which the foreigners require for building . He gets a bountiful price , and puts it away in sovereigns . He ... lands or hire other people's for the cultivation of cotton and sugar - cane . It is seldom that an Egyptian does any ...
... land which the foreigners require for building . He gets a bountiful price , and puts it away in sovereigns . He ... lands or hire other people's for the cultivation of cotton and sugar - cane . It is seldom that an Egyptian does any ...
Page xvi
... STATE RAILWAYS 184 XXI . DAMIETTA 194 210 XXII . ROSETTA • XXIII . ABÛKIR AND THE BATTLE OF THE NILE XXIV . A VISIT TO THE FAYUM , THE LAND OF THOUSAND ' DAYS · 220 A 229 CHAP . XXV . ASSYUT AND ABYDOS XXVI . CROSSING xvi Contents.
... STATE RAILWAYS 184 XXI . DAMIETTA 194 210 XXII . ROSETTA • XXIII . ABÛKIR AND THE BATTLE OF THE NILE XXIV . A VISIT TO THE FAYUM , THE LAND OF THOUSAND ' DAYS · 220 A 229 CHAP . XXV . ASSYUT AND ABYDOS XXVI . CROSSING xvi Contents.
Page xvi
... ROSETTA ABIIKIR AND THE BATTLE OF THE NILE A VISIT TO THE FAYUM, THE LAND OF A THOUSAND 'DAYS PLGI I00 107 113 127 I33 I43 150 I68 184 194 2IO 220 229 XXV. XXVI. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII. XXXIV. xvi Contents.
... ROSETTA ABIIKIR AND THE BATTLE OF THE NILE A VISIT TO THE FAYUM, THE LAND OF A THOUSAND 'DAYS PLGI I00 107 113 127 I33 I43 150 I68 184 194 2IO 220 229 XXV. XXVI. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII. XXXIV. xvi Contents.
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... land on which they stand is inundated . • 326 THE VALLEY OF THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS AT THEBES • The rocks of the exterior , with their noble architectural effects , are little less marvellous than the tombs , some of them as long as a ...
... land on which they stand is inundated . • 326 THE VALLEY OF THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS AT THEBES • The rocks of the exterior , with their noble architectural effects , are little less marvellous than the tombs , some of them as long as a ...
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Abûkir Abydos Agenoria Alexandria ancient ancient Egypt ANGELES antique Antony Arab asked Assuan bakshish bank bazar beautiful Berberine blue built Cæsar Cairo CALIFORN called camels canal Cataract Hotel charming Cleopatra colonnades colour columns cook Cook's Coptic dahabeah Damietta Denderah Der-el-Bahari desert donkey donkey-boys dragoman Edfu Egyptian English Fayum feet fellahin French galabeah garden Greek humours hundred Italian Joseph Julius Cæsar Karnak Khedive King ladies lake land LIBRARY live look Luxor mediæval Mehemet Ali meshrebiya miles minarets Mohammed Mohammedan mosque mummy native never night Nile oasis Osiris palace palm groves Pasha Pharaohs photographs piastres picturesque police Ptolemies pylon railway Rameses Ramidge rich riding river Roman roof Rosetta round ruins sand servants shillings side steamer Sudan suffragi tarbooshes temple Thebes thing tombs took tourists Upper Egypt village walls women