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 39
... present for one's servants . Ramidge had a suffragi who could never be found when he was wanted . The reason was that , finding that Ramidge was rather easy - going , he took another job at a café round the corner , and only put in an ...
... present for one's servants . Ramidge had a suffragi who could never be found when he was wanted . The reason was that , finding that Ramidge was rather easy - going , he took another job at a café round the corner , and only put in an ...
Page 87
... diamonds , and brocades , some in rich dresses and some in flannel dressing - gowns ; the poor little bride was on duty all day long . All the presents were brought in plush cloths embroidered with gold , and all piled on the 87.
... diamonds , and brocades , some in rich dresses and some in flannel dressing - gowns ; the poor little bride was on duty all day long . All the presents were brought in plush cloths embroidered with gold , and all piled on the 87.
Page 91
... present . They thanked him profusely , and , when they got back to Cairo , sent the dog to the friend who had given them the commission . A few days afterwards they received an indignant letter . It appeared that the dog had been stolen ...
... present . They thanked him profusely , and , when they got back to Cairo , sent the dog to the friend who had given them the commission . A few days afterwards they received an indignant letter . It appeared that the dog had been stolen ...
Page 100
... one to the famous porphyry quarries some day . At present all the good porphyry in the world is second - hand . Agenoria and her husband rode on staid little donkeys , but they were escorted by wild Arabs on swift white horses 100.
... one to the famous porphyry quarries some day . At present all the good porphyry in the world is second - hand . Agenoria and her husband rode on staid little donkeys , but they were escorted by wild Arabs on swift white horses 100.
Page 101
... present of spangled gauze . On another occasion , when the restrictions of sex prevented her from being personally present at a banquet , an enormous dish was sent to her with a portion of everything that had been served at the feast ...
... present of spangled gauze . On another occasion , when the restrictions of sex prevented her from being personally present at a banquet , an enormous dish was sent to her with a portion of everything that had been served at the feast ...
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Abûkir Abydos Agenoria Alexandria ancient ancient Egypt ANGELES antique Antony Arab asked Assuan bakshish bank bazar beautiful Berberine blue built Cæsar Cairo CALIFORN called camels canal Cataract Hotel charming Cleopatra colonnades colour columns cook Cook's Coptic dahabeah Damietta Denderah Der-el-Bahari desert donkey donkey-boys dragoman Edfu Egyptian English Fayum feet fellahin French galabeah garden Greek humours hundred Italian Joseph Julius Cæsar Karnak Khedive King ladies lake land LIBRARY live look Luxor mediæval Mehemet Ali meshrebiya miles minarets Mohammed Mohammedan mosque mummy native never night Nile oasis Osiris palace palm groves Pasha Pharaohs photographs piastres picturesque police Ptolemies pylon railway Rameses Ramidge rich riding river Roman roof Rosetta round ruins sand servants shillings side steamer Sudan suffragi tarbooshes temple Thebes thing tombs took tourists Upper Egypt village walls women