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 29
... sort of temple , or small mosque , in gold , about three yards wide . Then 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 ...
... sort of temple , or small mosque , in gold , about three yards wide . Then 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 ...
Page 33
... sort of chicken - broth with rice . We were each given a sort of tortoise - shell spoon , with a large coral branch as a handle , but nei- ther knife nor fork ; and then , at a sign from the old Princess , we all dipped our spoons into ...
... sort of chicken - broth with rice . We were each given a sort of tortoise - shell spoon , with a large coral branch as a handle , but nei- ther knife nor fork ; and then , at a sign from the old Princess , we all dipped our spoons into ...
Page 34
... 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 , dressed out on the top with almonds , and served in a basin - a dish ...
... 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 , dressed out on the top with almonds , and served in a basin - a dish ...
Page 35
... sort of sour stuff -vinegar , with an addition of herbs and cucumbers --and I could not help making an awful face , to the great amusement of the whole party ! We now got up from the floor , and a slave then put me into , or rather ...
... sort of sour stuff -vinegar , with an addition of herbs and cucumbers --and I could not help making an awful face , to the great amusement of the whole party ! We now got up from the floor , and a slave then put me into , or rather ...
Page 38
... sort in the room , nor a sign of any washing materials . Still they all seem very clean , as they regularly take their Turkish baths , which are arranged in every apartment . After having inspected every corner of the upper story - the ...
... sort in the room , nor a sign of any washing materials . Still they all seem very clean , as they regularly take their Turkish baths , which are arranged in every apartment . After having inspected every corner of the upper story - the ...
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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