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 36
... station , two by robbers and one by an afrit . ' He begged Ramidge never to send him to the station again by night . He had himself seen no fewer than seven afrits in one night , while he was coming back late . Ramidge discovered from ...
... station , two by robbers and one by an afrit . ' He begged Ramidge never to send him to the station again by night . He had himself seen no fewer than seven afrits in one night , while he was coming back late . Ramidge discovered from ...
Page 44
... station . He is compelled to do this by law , and afraid to defy the law . Ramidge did this after driving about half the morning ; he was astonished at the result . He was told not to pay the cabman anything , and the licence was taken ...
... station . He is compelled to do this by law , and afraid to defy the law . Ramidge did this after driving about half the morning ; he was astonished at the result . He was told not to pay the cabman anything , and the licence was taken ...
Page 49
... real life begins at Ghezira . " Men and women in white , tandems , and motors ( and , I suppose , scandals ) , just like an Indian station . " CHAPTER V The Woes of the Egyptian Housekeeper THE HE 4 Queer Things About Cairo Society 49.
... real life begins at Ghezira . " Men and women in white , tandems , and motors ( and , I suppose , scandals ) , just like an Indian station . " CHAPTER V The Woes of the Egyptian Housekeeper THE HE 4 Queer Things About Cairo Society 49.
Page 55
... station near Alexandria was rich in humorists ; it was the terminus of a little bit of railway line , built to lead to the quarries , which never got to its destination . When Agenoria had been there a month or more she said to her cook ...
... station near Alexandria was rich in humorists ; it was the terminus of a little bit of railway line , built to lead to the quarries , which never got to its destination . When Agenoria had been there a month or more she said to her cook ...
Page 69
... station , but not far from the line , so he used to give the guard and the driver bakshish to let him down where he wanted . Afterwards he thought there might be trouble about it , so he went to the President of the railway to get his ...
... station , but not far from the line , so he used to give the guard and the driver bakshish to let him down where he wanted . Afterwards he thought there might be trouble about it , so he went to the President of the railway to get his ...
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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