. Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . In the Desert. The Author is seen on the near On the edge of the Eastern Desert.— Page 30. PL. 1. The Eastern Desert and its Interests. 11 beam into the eyes of every living thing, so that ina moment the camp is stirred and awakened. During the second or third days ride one gener-ally enters the granite regions, and one is lostamidst the intricate valleys which pass betweenthe peaks of the hills. Here one may find plentyof shelter from the suns rays in the shadow ofthe cliffs ; and as the camel jogs along over thehard gravel tracks, or as one s
. Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . In the Desert. The Author is seen on the near On the edge of the Eastern Desert.— Page 30. PL. 1. The Eastern Desert and its Interests. 11 beam into the eyes of every living thing, so that ina moment the camp is stirred and awakened. During the second or third days ride one gener-ally enters the granite regions, and one is lostamidst the intricate valleys which pass betweenthe peaks of the hills. Here one may find plentyof shelter from the suns rays in the shadow ofthe cliffs ; and as the camel jogs along over thehard gravel tracks, or as one sits for refreshmentwith the back propped against a great greyboulder, the view which is to be enjoyed is oftenmagnificent. On the one side the dark granite,porphyry, or breccia rocks rise up like the toweredand buttressed walls of some fairy-tale city; whileon the other side range rises behind range, and athousand peaks harmonise their delicate purplesand greys with the blue of the sky. When thesun sets these lottVv peaks are flushed with pink,and, like mediators between earth and heaven,
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