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Page 16
The ordinary method of filtration is to permit the water to drip slowly through the
bottom of a huge porous jar , which process cools as well as purifies . Native
cows ' milk is only safe when properly boiled , and the safest butter is that which
is ...
The ordinary method of filtration is to permit the water to drip slowly through the
bottom of a huge porous jar , which process cools as well as purifies . Native
cows ' milk is only safe when properly boiled , and the safest butter is that which
is ...
Page 24
This is done in two ways — by the use of huge water - wheels carrying chaplets
of earthen jars and moved by a patiently plodding beast on the bank above , or
by the employment of a series of well - sweeps worked by human hands ...
This is done in two ways — by the use of huge water - wheels carrying chaplets
of earthen jars and moved by a patiently plodding beast on the bank above , or
by the employment of a series of well - sweeps worked by human hands ...
Page 35
From the Citadel , or floating on the bosom of the river above the town , one
gazes upon a truly satisfying visiona great white city dominated by a frowning
fortress , from the midst of which towers a huge mosque flanked by two lofty
minarets .
From the Citadel , or floating on the bosom of the river above the town , one
gazes upon a truly satisfying visiona great white city dominated by a frowning
fortress , from the midst of which towers a huge mosque flanked by two lofty
minarets .
Page 38
It is commanded by greater heights beyond , which one must infallibly visit later ;
and on occasion hostile hands have even bombarded it from the minarets of the
huge mosque of Sultan Hassan just below . Nevertheless it is a splendid ...
It is commanded by greater heights beyond , which one must infallibly visit later ;
and on occasion hostile hands have even bombarded it from the minarets of the
huge mosque of Sultan Hassan just below . Nevertheless it is a splendid ...
Page 42
Great chandeliers depend from the roof , and daylight filters down from the huge
Byzantine lantern high above the central dome . It is like an enormous state
apartment , despite its lofty pulpit at one side . It is florid and gaudy . Tap one of
the ...
Great chandeliers depend from the roof , and daylight filters down from the huge
Byzantine lantern high above the central dome . It is like an enormous state
apartment , despite its lofty pulpit at one side . It is florid and gaudy . Tap one of
the ...
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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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