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 90
... train . On one occasion the Khedive would not step into his carriage , and it was not etiquette to ask him why . They simply had to wait for his pleasure . In the end , after they had been waiting an hour , they found that his pleasure ...
... train . On one occasion the Khedive would not step into his carriage , and it was not etiquette to ask him why . They simply had to wait for his pleasure . In the end , after they had been waiting an hour , they found that his pleasure ...
Page 91
... train was moving off , put a huge Erment dog , a great big puppy , into the train with them . This is the half - wild breed of gigantic watch - dog used in Upper Egypt . A friend had asked them to buy one for him and they had mentioned ...
... train was moving off , put a huge Erment dog , a great big puppy , into the train with them . This is the half - wild breed of gigantic watch - dog used in Upper Egypt . A friend had asked them to buy one for him and they had mentioned ...
Page 92
... train . Ismail Pasha made up his mind that it would be a good thing to have Egyptian Houses of Parliament . He got them together somehow and proceeded to instruct them in their duties himself . He divided them into two lots , without ...
... train . Ismail Pasha made up his mind that it would be a good thing to have Egyptian Houses of Parliament . He got them together somehow and proceeded to instruct them in their duties himself . He divided them into two lots , without ...
Page 107
... train on the road between Ramleh and Alexandria . One day when he was sprinting along , an antiquated native , on an old screw of a donkey , fell off in his flurry and obsequiousness , and begged the master to " take his donkey if he ...
... train on the road between Ramleh and Alexandria . One day when he was sprinting along , an antiquated native , on an old screw of a donkey , fell off in his flurry and obsequiousness , and begged the master to " take his donkey if he ...
Page 108
... train too far , and it carried away the buffers at the end of the line and ploughed its way into the sand , and very nearly into the Nile . The big dam of Assuan was quite eclipsed on that occasion . This same functionary thought he ...
... train too far , and it carried away the buffers at the end of the line and ploughed its way into the sand , and very nearly into the Nile . The big dam of Assuan was quite eclipsed on that occasion . This same functionary thought he ...
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