. Gérôme : the life and works of Jean Léon Gérôme . esthrew ourselves down to take a little siesta, which was absolutely indispen-sable in view ot (air fatigued state. The indefatigable camels carrying ourluggage, being above these little human weaknesses, continued directlv on toTamyeh, where we were to rejoin them, finding our tents read] to receive g 1 stretch ol the desert remained for us to cross, and it was with diffi-culty that, rousing ourselves from our slumber, we took up our inarch. Thesoil had. however, changed in its character, the road which we followed stillbearing the impr
. Gérôme : the life and works of Jean Léon Gérôme . esthrew ourselves down to take a little siesta, which was absolutely indispen-sable in view ot (air fatigued state. The indefatigable camels carrying ourluggage, being above these little human weaknesses, continued directlv on toTamyeh, where we were to rejoin them, finding our tents read] to receive g 1 stretch ol the desert remained for us to cross, and it was with diffi-culty that, rousing ourselves from our slumber, we took up our inarch. Thesoil had. however, changed in its character, the road which we followed stillbearing the imprint (d the footsteps id men and camels; we were approachingcountries more solidly established and less movable than the sands that hail just laihl to swallow us up. By the more assured stepping of our animals we feltwe were on rocks, still covered with sand, but which were soon to make a strik-ing appearani Am i having climbed some uneven ridges,we found ourselves suddenly on the border of an immense ravine, a real precipice several hundred meters. AND WORKS Ot Jl l.\ I Ia>.\ 1,1 i 135 wide. This natural canal reaches beyond Tamyeh to the lake Birket-Keroutili serves, like two others, to hold the waters oi the Nile, which complete^ fillii a 1 the time oi the overflows. Jusl now ii was dry, and presented a mosl savageand frightful appearance. Bj .1 caprice of nature, its heaps oi rocks seemed tobe the rums oi a greal citj precipitated into the abyss, Weeds and shrub oievery description tilled up the gaps and made a natural resorl for the mostferocious beasts we could imagine We were not altogether wrong, and thisEgyptian savanna merits only too well its reputation, for it is then thainumerous wild boars have established a republic most disastrous to the inhab-itants of the neighborhood. The havoc they make in the crops is a veritablecalamity lor the country, which can barely raise .1 sufficient supply, literallysurrounded as 11 is b\ the desert. Souvenirs of the c
Size: 1367px × 1829px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidgrmelifework, bookyear1892
