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 89
... March 1. Breakfasted at nine o'clock , and started at 10.30 to see the temples , which are quite close by -only a steep bank to get up . The exterior and en- trance are decorated with carvings in high relief ; the colossal figures of ...
... March 1. Breakfasted at nine o'clock , and started at 10.30 to see the temples , which are quite close by -only a steep bank to get up . The exterior and en- trance are decorated with carvings in high relief ; the colossal figures of ...
Page 90
... March 2. Arrived at Wady Halfah at 10.15 A.M. , and , about twelve o'clock , started on donkeys , camels , and dromedaries ( as we thought ) for the Second Cat- Ride through the Desert . 91 aract . It was 90 Journal of a Visit to Egypt ...
... March 2. Arrived at Wady Halfah at 10.15 A.M. , and , about twelve o'clock , started on donkeys , camels , and dromedaries ( as we thought ) for the Second Cat- Ride through the Desert . 91 aract . It was 90 Journal of a Visit to Egypt ...
Page 94
... March 3. Awoke quite fresh and rested after a good sleep . This is , indeed , the case every day here . I hardly ever feel tired ; I sleep better than I ever did before ; and I can hardly remember that I ever felt so strong and so ...
... March 3. Awoke quite fresh and rested after a good sleep . This is , indeed , the case every day here . I hardly ever feel tired ; I sleep better than I ever did before ; and I can hardly remember that I ever felt so strong and so ...
Page 96
... on our way up , the breeze has been mostly from the north , and the sky rather cloudy , which has made the temperature quite com- fortable . Nubian Boy . 97 March 4. Left Wady Halfah early 96 Journal of a Visit to Egypt , & c .
... on our way up , the breeze has been mostly from the north , and the sky rather cloudy , which has made the temperature quite com- fortable . Nubian Boy . 97 March 4. Left Wady Halfah early 96 Journal of a Visit to Egypt , & c .
Page 97
... March 4. Left Wady Halfah early - passed Aboo Simbel at twelve . Left the steamer there , and allow- ed our dahabeah merely to float down the stream for a few hours , in hopes of not disturbing crocodiles . We saw a great many , and the ...
... March 4. Left Wady Halfah early - passed Aboo Simbel at twelve . Left the steamer there , and allow- ed our dahabeah merely to float down the stream for a few hours , in hopes of not disturbing crocodiles . We saw a great many , and 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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