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 26
... followed , and were all presented to the Viceroy . We then went straight to carriages which were waiting for us in the large court - yard- English carriages and horses , with postilions and liv- eries in the English fashion - and then ...
... followed , and were all presented to the Viceroy . We then went straight to carriages which were waiting for us in the large court - yard- English carriages and horses , with postilions and liv- eries in the English fashion - and then ...
Page 29
... followed a most horrible sight - a half - naked and immensely fat man , sitting on a camel , rolling his head all round as if it had been fastened on by a spring ; shutting his eyes , and holding his hands on his sides ! He is sup ...
... followed a most horrible sight - a half - naked and immensely fat man , sitting on a camel , rolling his head all round as if it had been fastened on by a spring ; shutting his eyes , and holding his hands on his sides ! He is sup ...
Page 34
... followed in rapid succession , alternately savory and sweet . A large sort of omelette - sausages full of garlic - a sweet dish of vermicelli and sugar - fried fish - a sweet dish made of rose - water and tapioca or gum , half liquid ...
... followed in rapid succession , alternately savory and sweet . A large sort of omelette - sausages full of garlic - a sweet dish of vermicelli and sugar - fried fish - a sweet dish made of rose - water and tapioca or gum , half liquid ...
Page 50
... Prince Battenberg , Sir S. Baker , Mr. Brierley , and Dr. Minter , followed in another boat to look at the shooting . We saw perfect swarms of wild Shooting - party . . 51 ducks , and hundreds 50 Journal of a Visit to Egypt , & c .
... Prince Battenberg , Sir S. Baker , Mr. Brierley , and Dr. Minter , followed in another boat to look at the shooting . We saw perfect swarms of wild Shooting - party . . 51 ducks , and hundreds 50 Journal of a Visit to Egypt , & c .
Page 91
... followed us on some dromedaries . Sitting down in the hot sand , which blew in our eyes and into our plates , was not very agreeable ; still , considering that we were now in the great Nubian Desert , we were , comparatively , very ...
... followed us on some dromedaries . Sitting down in the hot sand , which blew in our eyes and into our plates , was not very agreeable ; still , considering that we were now in the great Nubian Desert , we were , comparatively , very ...
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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