Journal of a Visit to Egypt, Constantinople, the Crimea, Greece, &c: In the Suite of the Prince and Princess of Wales |
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Page 48
... donkeys , as well as a poor unfortunate French washerwoman , who , with her husband and child on board , is to go with us as far as the First Cataract , and to wait for us there till we return . Another smaller steamer , which draws ...
... donkeys , as well as a poor unfortunate French washerwoman , who , with her husband and child on board , is to go with us as far as the First Cataract , and to wait for us there till we return . Another smaller steamer , which draws ...
Page 54
... donkey expedition to visit the town of Siout , being joined by the whole party from the other steamers . The horses and donkeys from our Throwing the Fereed . 55 barge were landed , quantities 54 Journal of a Visit to Egypt , & c .
... donkey expedition to visit the town of Siout , being joined by the whole party from the other steamers . The horses and donkeys from our Throwing the Fereed . 55 barge were landed , quantities 54 Journal of a Visit to Egypt , & c .
Page 55
... donkeys were hired , and off we went . At starting , we stopped to see a sort of game called throwing the jereed -men on horseback throwing long sticks at each other , to avoid being touched by which they ride at the most fearful pace ...
... donkeys were hired , and off we went . At starting , we stopped to see a sort of game called throwing the jereed -men on horseback throwing long sticks at each other , to avoid being touched by which they ride at the most fearful pace ...
Page 56
... donkey - ride on a very rough beast , with a most uncomfortable saddle , as from some mistake no saddle had been brought for me , and I had to content myself with one of those of the country . The sun was hot , though there was a breeze ...
... donkey - ride on a very rough beast , with a most uncomfortable saddle , as from some mistake no saddle had been brought for me , and I had to content myself with one of those of the country . The sun was hot , though there was a breeze ...
Page 57
... donkeys , to see the ruins of Dendera , a ride of three miles in a very hot sun . The temple of Dendera is very fine , and about 1800 years old , * much less ancient , therefore , than other temples in this country . Notwithstanding its ...
... donkeys , to see the ruins of Dendera , a ride of three miles in a very hot sun . The temple of Dendera is very fine , and about 1800 years old , * much less ancient , therefore , than other temples in this country . Notwithstanding its ...
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Abdel Kader Bey April Ariadne arrived Assouan Baidar bazars beautiful boat Bosphorus breakfast bright cabin Cairo carriages Cataract Cloth coffee and pipes Colonel Constantinople Corfu Crimea crocodile dahabeah delight diamonds dined dinner dishes donkeys dressed drive dromedary drove Egypt Embassador English February four o'clock French garden gentlemen Glücksburg gold half past harem horses hour JOHN S. C. ABBOTT Karnak ladies landed look Lord Lord Gosford luncheon March morning mosque Mourad Pasha never nice night Nile nine o'clock palace party passed Philae Portrait pretty Prince and Princess PRINCESS OF WALES returned home ride rode round Royal Highnesses Russian Sebastopol Second Cataract seen sent seven o'clock ship side sight slave soon Stanton started steamer stopped Sultan Teesdale temple thing to-day told took town Trieste Turkish twelve o'clock Viceroy Viceroy's vols Wady Halfah walked whole wife