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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... Philae . There were also many natives on horse- back , and a great number of these Nubians , who look- ed very much like savages , grouped on the bank just in front of our boats , some of them dancing and sing- ing ; and , altogether ...
... Philae . There were also many natives on horse- back , and a great number of these Nubians , who look- ed very much like savages , grouped on the bank just in front of our boats , some of them dancing and sing- ing ; and , altogether ...
Page 72
... Philae , to see the boats in which we are to go to the Second Cataract . Most of the party were tempt- ed by the novelty to ride dromedaries ; but , having had one ride on these beasts , I was less eager for a seven miles ' ride on one ...
... Philae , to see the boats in which we are to go to the Second Cataract . Most of the party were tempt- ed by the novelty to ride dromedaries ; but , having had one ride on these beasts , I was less eager for a seven miles ' ride on one ...
Page 73
... Philae and back to Assouan . 73 of a bridle . How I had courage to get on I hardly know , especially as every body told me these horses were not always safe , but sometimes very wild . Off we went , however , and I had a very successful ...
... Philae and back to Assouan . 73 of a bridle . How I had courage to get on I hardly know , especially as every body told me these horses were not always safe , but sometimes very wild . Off we went , however , and I had a very successful ...
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... Philae , and , on getting out of the boat , found , to our delight , two boys with two wretched donkeys , without bridles , and only one of them with any thing like a saddle , and that a mis- erable sort of wooden affair . The other had ...
... Philae , and , on getting out of the boat , found , to our delight , two boys with two wretched donkeys , without bridles , and only one of them with any thing like a saddle , and that a mis- erable sort of wooden affair . The other had ...
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... Philae , where it had been the original intention to have luncheon at two o'clock . We cross- ed in boats , and had a very rough bit of walk to get * Some , to whom I have read this , tell me that all this only proves how intense the ...
... Philae , where it had been the original intention to have luncheon at two o'clock . We cross- ed in boats , and had a very rough bit of walk to get * Some , to whom I have read this , tell me that all this only proves how intense 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 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
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