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Page 12
One may not ask more of a country where living of almost any kind is dear —
such living , at least , as that to which the ordinary visitor is accustomed . It is
always to be remembered that much of the material necessary to the comfort and
...
One may not ask more of a country where living of almost any kind is dear —
such living , at least , as that to which the ordinary visitor is accustomed . It is
always to be remembered that much of the material necessary to the comfort and
...
Page 26
... while the further inundation of Upper Egypt doubtless shuts in our faces a door
that was just giving a glimpse of much that was unknown of the remote past , the
demands of living humanity must inevitably outweigh every such consideration .
... while the further inundation of Upper Egypt doubtless shuts in our faces a door
that was just giving a glimpse of much that was unknown of the remote past , the
demands of living humanity must inevitably outweigh every such consideration .
Page 38
The path is narrow and steep , walled in on either hand by barrack - rooms and
by the living rock out of which the ascent is chiseled . DESERT MOKAT TAM
TOMBS OF THE CALIPKS WINDMILL KILLS CITADEL 38 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
The path is narrow and steep , walled in on either hand by barrack - rooms and
by the living rock out of which the ascent is chiseled . DESERT MOKAT TAM
TOMBS OF THE CALIPKS WINDMILL KILLS CITADEL 38 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Page 44
... for your Egyptian is a born artist in effective color - schemes- enchants the eye .
The street cries , the passing music , the wailing prayers of the funereal old men
enthrall the ear . For the real Cairo , the African Cairo , the Cairo that is living the
...
... for your Egyptian is a born artist in effective color - schemes- enchants the eye .
The street cries , the passing music , the wailing prayers of the funereal old men
enthrall the ear . For the real Cairo , the African Cairo , the Cairo that is living the
...
Page 68
Two hours and a half daily it is impassable , owing to the necessity of opening the
draw for the passage of the river traffic ; and to one living in the Ghezireh district ,
a familiarity with the bridge timetable is 68 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
Two hours and a half daily it is impassable , owing to the necessity of opening the
draw for the passage of the river traffic ; and to one living in the Ghezireh district ,
a familiarity with the bridge timetable is 68 EGYPTIAN DAYS.
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Page 105 - Those who, avoiding great expense, desire the middle way, they prepare in the following manner. When they have charged their syringes with oil made from cedar, they fill the abdomen of the corpse without making any incision or taking out the bowels, but inject it at the fundament ; and having prevented the injection from escaping, they steep the body in natrum for the prescribed number of days, and on the last day they let out from the abdomen the oil of cedar which they had before injected, and...
Page 105 - ... infusion of drugs. Then with a sharp Ethiopian stone they make an incision in the side and take out all the bowels; and having cleansed the abdomen and rinsed it with palm-wine, they next sprinkle it with pounded perfumes. Then, having filled the belly with pure myrrh pounded, and cassia, and other perfumes, frankincense excepted, they sew it up again; and when they have done this they steep it in natrum, leaving it under for seventy days ; for a longer time than this it is not lawful to steep...
Page 105 - First they draw out the brains through the nostrils with an iron hook, taking part of it out in this manner, the rest by the infusion of drugs. Then with a sharp Ethiopian stone they make an incision in the side, and take out all the bowels; and having cleansed the abdomen and rinsed it with palm wine, they next sprinkle it with pounded perfumes. Then having filled the belly with pure myrrh pounded, and cassia, and other perfumes, frankincense excepted, they sew it up again; and when they have done...
Page 105 - Then having filled the belly with pure myrrh pounded, and cassia, and other perfumes, frankincense excepted, they sew it up again ; and when they have done this, they steep it in natrum, leaving it under for seventy days ; for a longer time than this it is not lawful to steep it. At the expiration of the seventy days they wash the corpse, and wrap the whole body in bandages of flaxen cloth, smearing it with gum, which the Egyptians commonly use instead of glue. After this the relations, having taken...
Page 106 - ... from escaping, they steep the body in natrum for the prescribed number of days, and on the last day they let out from the abdomen the oil of cedar which they had before injected, and it has such power that it brings away the intestines and vitals in a state of dissolution ; the natrum dissolves the flesh, and nothing of the body remains but the skin and the bones.
Page 106 - ... which they had before injected, and it has such power that it brings away the intestines and vitals in a state of dissolution ; the natrum dissolves the flesh, and nothing of the body remains but the skin and the bones. When they have done this they return the body without any further operation.
Page 58 - ... window-ledge just over the spot where condemned criminals were wont to be garroted in the brave days of old, intent on securing a picture of the old gate, the Red Mosque behind, the stream of passing traffic below, and the soaring minaret above, — but all in vain. It was a dismal failure. In no city are street scenes more difficult to photograph than in Cairo, where the upper air is so brilliant and the lower levels so shrouded in shadow.
Page 188 - I fancy this occasional contact with the African continent under our feet will become so common an occurrence that we shall soon pay little heed to it.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Egyptian Days |
| Author | Philip Sanford Marden |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 12 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 329 pages |
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