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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... landed . State carriages were provided for us in the railway , to which we walked up ; a regi- ment of Zouaves of the Guard lining the way up to the station , where there was a guard of honor . The number of people out to see us was ...
... landed . State carriages were provided for us in the railway , to which we walked up ; a regi- ment of Zouaves of the Guard lining the way up to the station , where there was a guard of honor . The number of people out to see us was ...
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... landed here , and took a little walk . The wind had gone down ; but it had left a most disagreeable effect , as the air was still full of sand flying about , filling one's eyes , and covering one's face with dust . February 9. The fog ...
... landed here , and took a little walk . The wind had gone down ; but it had left a most disagreeable effect , as the air was still full of sand flying about , filling one's eyes , and covering one's face with dust . February 9. The fog ...
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... a 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 .
... a 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
... landed , quantities of 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 ...
... landed , quantities of 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 ...
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... landed and walked about by myself , full of admiration of the peace and beauty of the scene . Such fine palm - trees , and such fields of green wheat ! I never saw any thing equal to the bright green color of the crops in this country ...
... landed and walked about by myself , full of admiration of the peace and beauty of the scene . Such fine palm - trees , and such fields of green wheat ! I never saw any thing equal to the bright green color of the crops in this country ...
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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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