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 xvi
... 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.
... 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
... RAILWAYS . . . DAMIETTA . 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 ...
... RAILWAYS . . . DAMIETTA . 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 ...
Page 28
... railway . " Mohammed Maghrabi received the appointment for which he thirsted , and his letters thereafter take on a more cheerful tone . " WASTA , UPPER EGYPT , " 22nd Sept. 1904 . " MRS . CR . ROADS , " My respective Madam , " I am ...
... railway . " Mohammed Maghrabi received the appointment for which he thirsted , and his letters thereafter take on a more cheerful tone . " WASTA , UPPER EGYPT , " 22nd Sept. 1904 . " MRS . CR . ROADS , " My respective Madam , " I am ...
Page 43
... Railway . Residents always say that no white people can use a tram except to Heliopolis or the Pyramids . But tourists fond of sightseeing do not stand upon this kind of ceremony ; they find them very use- ful when once they have ...
... Railway . Residents always say that no white people can use a tram except to Heliopolis or the Pyramids . But tourists fond of sightseeing do not stand upon this kind of ceremony ; they find them very use- ful when once they have ...
Page 55
... 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 , I suppose we shall want some coals soon ? " The cook was a true Egyptian . " Why you ...
... 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 , I suppose we shall want some coals soon ? " The cook was a true Egyptian . " Why you ...
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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