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Page 10
Donkeys , horses , or camels serve only for brief excursions to the east or west of
the river . And thus the visitor is left only a broad general choice between rail and
water , with a subdivision on the water side in favor of two or three lines of ...
Donkeys , horses , or camels serve only for brief excursions to the east or west of
the river . And thus the visitor is left only a broad general choice between rail and
water , with a subdivision on the water side in favor of two or three lines of ...
Page 15
Something suited to wear on donkey - back through the dust is certainly required
, and if it be a riding - costume especially designed for the purpose , the effect is
naturally smarter than when one takes along simply an old suit that has seen ...
Something suited to wear on donkey - back through the dust is certainly required
, and if it be a riding - costume especially designed for the purpose , the effect is
naturally smarter than when one takes along simply an old suit that has seen ...
Page 38
Those who ride , whether in carriages or on donkeys , are forced to make a rather
circuitous ascent . Pedestrians may go straight up through the old El Azab gate
which opens directly above the little round plaza where the tramway ends — and
...
Those who ride , whether in carriages or on donkeys , are forced to make a rather
circuitous ascent . Pedestrians may go straight up through the old El Azab gate
which opens directly above the little round plaza where the tramway ends — and
...
Page 45
... a ramble through the native quarter , surrounded on every hand by the
unstudied life of the older town , jostled by donkeys , solicited by native
merchants , delighted by the innumerable bits of ancient doorways , time - worn ,
latticed windows ...
... a ramble through the native quarter , surrounded on every hand by the
unstudied life of the older town , jostled by donkeys , solicited by native
merchants , delighted by the innumerable bits of ancient doorways , time - worn ,
latticed windows ...
Page 46
Horse and foot , donkey and pushcart , men , women , and boys , natives and
sowaheen , crowd to and fro without ceasing . Drivers urge their steeds through
the press with warning shouts destined to become thoroughly familiar - “ Ah -
riglak !
Horse and foot , donkey and pushcart , men , women , and boys , natives and
sowaheen , crowd to and fro without ceasing . Drivers urge their steeds through
the press with warning shouts destined to become thoroughly familiar - “ Ah -
riglak !
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Egyptian Days |
| Author | Philip Sanford Marden |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1912 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 329 pages |
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