. The science of railways . present time. 284 CARRIAGE IN CARRIAGE IN EGYPT. 285 The great deserts that border on Egypt makethe camel valuable. Here as elsewhere it is thedocile creature of mans exactions and bears itsburdens uncomplainingly, albeit without intelli-gence or cheerfulness. Railways and other newavenues of transportation make the camel less afactor than formerly. Before the construction ofthe Suez Canal the coal used on the steam vesselson the Red Sea was carried across the isthmus onthe backs of these animals. The considerablecommerce that ebbed and flowed across the str
. The science of railways . present time. 284 CARRIAGE IN CARRIAGE IN EGYPT. 285 The great deserts that border on Egypt makethe camel valuable. Here as elsewhere it is thedocile creature of mans exactions and bears itsburdens uncomplainingly, albeit without intelli-gence or cheerfulness. Railways and other newavenues of transportation make the camel less afactor than formerly. Before the construction ofthe Suez Canal the coal used on the steam vesselson the Red Sea was carried across the isthmus onthe backs of these animals. The considerablecommerce that ebbed and flowed across the stripof sand, now pierced by the canal, was also han-dled formerly on the backs of camels. Egypt occupies the northeastern extremity ofAfrica. It is bordered by the waters of the Medi-terranean on the north, and by the Red Sea onthe east. It is bounded by Nubia on the southand by the Great Desert of Sahara on the area of Egypt is in the neighborhood of onehundred and seventy-five thousand square has a population of about seven th
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