. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. ch-ful and the measuring pole is constantly in use, but withevery possible care he fails. The sandbars are hidden bythe muddy waters and are a source of considerable to this hindrance, our progress up the river is slow,but we suffer no harm, for the engineer clears the boat byreversing the engines and backing down stream. During the forenoon we have a light shower of rain,quite an unusual occurrence in Upper Egypt. Years passhere without a drop of rain falling,
. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. ch-ful and the measuring pole is constantly in use, but withevery possible care he fails. The sandbars are hidden bythe muddy waters and are a source of considerable to this hindrance, our progress up the river is slow,but we suffer no harm, for the engineer clears the boat byreversing the engines and backing down stream. During the forenoon we have a light shower of rain,quite an unusual occurrence in Upper Egypt. Years passhere without a drop of rain falling, so that literally the landhere drinks not the water of the rain of heaven. Thegreat deserts on either side of the Nile valley are withoutmoisture. Clouds do not form and the land is without rain. 266 . WANDERINGS IN BIBLE LANDS. 267 Our first stop after leaving Thebes is at Esneh, wherethere is a temple which has only recently been ago the sands of the desert, drifting over the edi-fice, covered it up and preserved from vandalism its beauti-ml sculptures and paintings. Compared with Thebes, the. 268 WANDERINGS IN BIBLE LANDS. temple at Esneh is of modern construction, for it was builtat the beginning of the Christian era and bears the nameof several Roman emperors. The interior is capitals of the columns bear the palm leaf instead ofthe lotus. The colorings on the walls are as fresh andbright as if they had been laid on but a few years engraving shows the interior construction of the tem-ple. After our visit to the interesting temple we are fol-lowed to the boat by more than a hundred men and boysbegging for backsheesh. Their dwelling-place is in the vil-lage of Esneh and they hail the arrival of the traveler withdelight, for they usually succeed in securing some moneyas a result of their begging. After we had regained theboat the crowd stood on the steep banks, shouting back-sheesh at the top of their voices. Some of the passengersthre
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