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Page 14
But it should be added that the visit made later than early February is likely to
possess serious drawbacks , due in part to the rapid shoaling of the Nile , which
militates against navigation , and in part to the increasing probability of severe
sand ...
But it should be added that the visit made later than early February is likely to
possess serious drawbacks , due in part to the rapid shoaling of the Nile , which
militates against navigation , and in part to the increasing probability of severe
sand ...
Page 23
Later when the river is falling the dams are gradually closed and enough of the
clearer water retained for subsequent irrigation — this time rather for keeping the
muddy ground moist than for adding to the depth of the cultivable soil . The great
...
Later when the river is falling the dams are gradually closed and enough of the
clearer water retained for subsequent irrigation — this time rather for keeping the
muddy ground moist than for adding to the depth of the cultivable soil . The great
...
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 41
Nothing else about the Citadel compares with the view to be had there , and even
the view pales before the still broader prospect that will be had later when there
is time to ascend the bare and ruddy cliffs behind . That , however , is a journey ...
Nothing else about the Citadel compares with the view to be had there , and even
the view pales before the still broader prospect that will be had later when there
is time to ascend the bare and ruddy cliffs behind . That , however , is a journey ...
Page 57
A still later development is to be noted in some of the smaller tomb - mosques ,
such as that of Kait Bey , of which more will be said when we consider the tombs
of the Caliphs . In that case the central court appears entirely roofed over ,
instead ...
A still later development is to be noted in some of the smaller tomb - mosques ,
such as that of Kait Bey , of which more will be said when we consider the tombs
of the Caliphs . In that case the central court appears entirely roofed over ,
instead ...
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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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