Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Том 2Colburn & Company, 1851 |
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... Boat aground - Cairo- The Esbekya - Abbas Pacha and the Porte- The Census Cairene ladies Their - - even- ing parties ... boats on the viii CONTENTS .
... Boat aground - Cairo- The Esbekya - Abbas Pacha and the Porte- The Census Cairene ladies Their - - even- ing parties ... boats on the viii CONTENTS .
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George Melly. CHAPTER XVIII . Barrege - Cotton - boats on the Nile - The bazaars at Atfeh - Interior of a coffee shop - Villages on the banks of the Mahmoudieh Canal - Nile loco- motion - Illuminations - An Eastern scene A striking ...
George Melly. CHAPTER XVIII . Barrege - Cotton - boats on the Nile - The bazaars at Atfeh - Interior of a coffee shop - Villages on the banks of the Mahmoudieh Canal - Nile loco- motion - Illuminations - An Eastern scene A striking ...
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... boat had brought at least a dozen gazers from Wadeh Halfeh , and the bank could boast an un- usual collection of picturesque objects , look- ing in the distance like bundles of white linen , surmounted by curly heads , while here and ...
... boat had brought at least a dozen gazers from Wadeh Halfeh , and the bank could boast an un- usual collection of picturesque objects , look- ing in the distance like bundles of white linen , surmounted by curly heads , while here and ...
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... boats , for the purpose of crossing to the opposite bank . I watched the embarking of our unfortunate beasts , who ... boat by the aid of ropes . The scene was further enlivened by the soldiers thrashing the Bedouins with whips , made ...
... boats , for the purpose of crossing to the opposite bank . I watched the embarking of our unfortunate beasts , who ... boat by the aid of ropes . The scene was further enlivened by the soldiers thrashing the Bedouins with whips , made ...
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... boats crossing the river , and our three white tents . Our next halt was made at Gazelle , where are the remains of an extensive building of red burnt brick , probably Coptic . While looking for partridges , I came suddenly upon four ...
... boats crossing the river , and our three white tents . Our next halt was made at Gazelle , where are the remains of an extensive building of red burnt brick , probably Coptic . While looking for partridges , I came suddenly upon four ...
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Aboohamed Admiral Fisher's agreeable appearance Arab arrived ARTHUR CONWAY Assuan banks bazaar beautiful Bedouins beheld Berber Bey Hassib blue boat brought Cairo camels caravan CO.'S NEW PUBLICATIONS coffee COLBURN AND CO.'S covered covey Daireh desert diabeheeh distance divan Dongola doum palms dragoman dromedaries durra Egypt Egyptian encampment England English European extremely feet four friends gazelles GEORGE MELLY Government Governor hareem hills hippopotamus hundred immense interesting Janissaries journey Khartoum Kordofan Korosko ladies Latiffe Pacha looking Marian Withers Mehemet Mehemet Ali miles morning mountains native night Nubian numerous o'clock palace partridges party passed piastres picturesque pipes plain proceeded pyramids resembling river road rocks round saddle sand scarcely scene seen servants Sheik side sight stones tents thought thousand tion town travelling trees Turkish twenty village vols Wady Halfa White Nile wind yards young
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Стр. 110 - Architecture in these regions being in an extremely primitive condition, the arrangement of the streets is just what might be expected from the aspect of the houses. There are no spacious thoroughfares ; here and there appears something like a square, or space — but the perspective generally is by no means such as would satisfy the humblest European judgment in thu art of building.
Стр. 33 - ... being handsome; but, Sir, if you please to recollect, you before hinted something about a hump or two, one eye, and a few more graces of that kind. Now, without being very nice, I own I should rather choose a wife of mine to have the usual number of limbs, and a limited quantity of back: and though one eye may be very agreeable, yet as the prejudice has always run in favour of two, I would not wish to affect a singularity in that article.
Стр. 73 - ... they were all eaten by a wolf (hyena), and scattered over the desert, while he was away leading some merchants over the sandy plains. When, after a march of ten days over stony hills, and arid plains of deep sand, we came suddenly upon the broad river, winding through the rich green of the durracovered banks, we could exclaim with the Psalmist, " He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ; He leadeth me beside still waters;" and as a Bedouin in advance of us called his servant, who was walking...