Chapter I: Front Matter

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WHAT WE SAW IN EGYPT.

Profusely Illustrated.

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Contents

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I. How we Fared in the Suez Desert 7

II. The First Night in Cairo 16

III. Sights in Cairo 22

IV. More Sights in Cairo 28

V. The Pyramids 40

VI. The Mosques 51

VII. Heliopolis, and other Sights and Scenes 56

VIII. A Long Day 66

IX. The Start up the Nile 75

X. Still up the Nile 84

XI. We go to Alexandria 101

XII. Conclusion 125

List of Illustrations

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ON THE DECK OF THE SLAVE BOAT. 2

SUEZ 10

ARAB SOLDIERS. 15

COURTYARD OF THE HOTEL. 17

EASTERN VEIL. 24

SIGHTS IN CAIRO. 26

EGYPTIAN PIPE-BEARER. 29

CURE FOR THE TOOTHACHE. 32

MOSQUE. 34

DONKEY-BOYS AT CAIRO. 41

EGYPTIAN SARCOPHAGUS. 47

THE SPHINX. 49

MOSQUE. 53

ARAB SITTING IN FRONT OF HIS TENT. 57

VISIT TO THE HAREM. 63

OLD GATEWAY. 68

THE FINDING OF MOSES. 71

BRICKMAKING (from _Egyptian Sculpture_). 78

BRICKMAKING (from _Egyptian Sculpture_). 79

THE SACRED IBIS. 80

SCENE ON THE NILE. 83

EASTERN BAZAAR. 88

EGYPTIAN LOOM. 90

FISHING. 91

POTTERS. 92

IDOL PAINTERS. 93

HEAD OF CROCODILE. 96

RUINS OF THEBES. 97

GRAND HARP. 99

BAGGAGE CAMEL. 102

DROMEDARY. 105

INTERIOR OF GREAT TEMPLE AT ESNEH. 107

RUINS OF COLONNADE AT PHILAE 114

PAPYRUS ON THE NILE. 116

EGYPTIAN TEMPLE. 120

MARKETING IN ALEXANDRIA. 126

WHAT WE SAW IN EGYPT.