Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . nd small, rich or poor, is clad in Turkish trousers and vest, and wearsupon his head the red fez or felt cap, to which depends a black tassel; and if he is notafflicted with ophthalmia, or sore eyes, the fact is an exception to the general rule. In thestreets we observed that the mothers carried their infants astride the left shoulder. Donkeysare for hire on every corner, and have been called the omnibus of EgyiJt. The boy at-tendant runs beside the animal, and assists
Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . nd small, rich or poor, is clad in Turkish trousers and vest, and wearsupon his head the red fez or felt cap, to which depends a black tassel; and if he is notafflicted with ophthalmia, or sore eyes, the fact is an exception to the general rule. In thestreets we observed that the mothers carried their infants astride the left shoulder. Donkeysare for hire on every corner, and have been called the omnibus of EgyiJt. The boy at-tendant runs beside the animal, and assists you to embark or disembark with great convenience. We visited among jwints of interest the mosque of alabaster marble, in which repose theremains of Mahomet Ali. We were driven seven miles thither, through a lovely green val-ley, over a fine road planted on either side with acacia-trees, bordering great stretches ofmagnificent fields of white and red clover in full bloom. On the way we met great numbersof camels and donkeys loaded with bales of this sweet red clover, the blossoms hanging from 114 /YAAM/JhS AXD THE THE eVRAMlDS AND THE NILE. both sides of their panniers, making an exceedingly pretty sight. Little bunches of cloverare always to be seen in the front of vehicles, the drivers feeding their horses from it with their hands when making ahalt or while waiting fortheir passengers. The a])proach to thepyramids is truly calculatedto strike the beholder withawe, rising as they do ter-race above terrace in massivelimestone block against theeastern heavens. With twodirty Arabs to pull or lift onyour arms, and one to pushor hoist from behind, afterseveral rests we reached thesummit, and were morethan compensated for ourtrouble by the fine view weobtained from the lofty em-inence. Standing here asthey have for thousands ofyears, probably from thesesame massive monumentsAbraham and Moses andJoseph have looked outover the fertile valley ofthe ancient Nile, but pos-sibly u
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