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 27
... town , also I have heard that no one can get inside the house , but anyhow I shall ask God to pass it very soon . " Yours respectfully , " MOHAMMED MAGHRABI . " Another letter ends : " Pray my dear lady to speak with your mariad ...
... town , also I have heard that no one can get inside the house , but anyhow I shall ask God to pass it very soon . " Yours respectfully , " MOHAMMED MAGHRABI . " Another letter ends : " Pray my dear lady to speak with your mariad ...
Page 34
... town and look about for yourself . If you know the ropes , you hire your servant before you hire your house , just as the Japanese always begin a house by building the roof . The reason of this is that the Egyptian servant has a perfect ...
... town and look about for yourself . If you know the ropes , you hire your servant before you hire your house , just as the Japanese always begin a house by building the roof . The reason of this is that the Egyptian servant has a perfect ...
Page 44
... town , but if you have him by the hour it is wise to make your bargain . He dislikes driving by the hour unless he is going to be standing still all the time , while you are shopping or paying a call ; and you most decidedly need to ...
... town , but if you have him by the hour it is wise to make your bargain . He dislikes driving by the hour unless he is going to be standing still all the time , while you are shopping or paying a call ; and you most decidedly need to ...
Page 48
... town is rather limited , and prices are rather unlimited , there is always plenty of fun to be had out of bargaining in the bazars . In the afternoon there is always something on at the Sports Club , which gathers the people you want to ...
... town is rather limited , and prices are rather unlimited , there is always plenty of fun to be had out of bargaining in the bazars . In the afternoon there is always something on at the Sports Club , which gathers the people you want to ...
Page 74
... town on the Nile is to have a Cook , i.e. an office of Thomas Cook & Son . R. had a clerk who did not hear very well , and he had reason to believe that he was not honest either ; so he went out one morning and returned suddenly ; he ...
... town on the Nile is to have a Cook , i.e. an office of Thomas Cook & Son . R. had a clerk who did not hear very well , and he had reason to believe that he was not honest either ; so he went out one morning and returned suddenly ; he ...
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