. Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers. ean temperature in winter is 61° 5 Fahr.,with a daily range of 21° (51-72°). The amount of daily sunshineaverages 8 hrs. and the fall of temperature after sunset is very consequence of the rocky soil and the powerful rays of the sun,the air is extraordinarily pure, dustless, and bracing. The Bath Establishment (Bains; PI. B, 3), in the Moorish style,built by the Egyptian government in 1899 and rebuilt in 1911 bythe George Nungovich Co., the present lessees, is excellently equip-ped. It contains immersion-baths with fresh and sulphur wat
. Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers. ean temperature in winter is 61° 5 Fahr.,with a daily range of 21° (51-72°). The amount of daily sunshineaverages 8 hrs. and the fall of temperature after sunset is very consequence of the rocky soil and the powerful rays of the sun,the air is extraordinarily pure, dustless, and bracing. The Bath Establishment (Bains; PI. B, 3), in the Moorish style,built by the Egyptian government in 1899 and rebuilt in 1911 bythe George Nungovich Co., the present lessees, is excellently equip-ped. It contains immersion-baths with fresh and sulphur water,electric baths, hot-air baths, vapour baths, etc. There are two swim-ming baths with stilplniro-saline water, one (90 ft. long) for ladies H EL WAN. 8. Route. 169 and one (12U It. long) for gentlemen. There are arrangements alsofor massage and snn and air baths. To the of Hehvan, on the plateau, stands the AslronomicaL ijMeteorological Observatory (PI. C, 1; adm. on Wed. fromOct. 1st to April 30th). Adjacent is the .1^ ^ a-^ boLQiT b Square ^brahim ?B .if. 4ii fc i; ^J- a^c hj^^ I/, e^ A b d \.e I—-JE a^hx i ^h •^_ tiiitUiii:BiiuAar^ Square^, i^ Isnuiil t^^^^^l f^A\r^TTm;-
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