. Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers. ds Barracks. Here is also the principal Mosque (Garniel-Bahr), with two lofty minarets and a spacious dome. Connectedwith it is a university (223 students, 46 professors). In the vicinityare a Roman Catholic and a Greek church. Close to the river standsthe mosque of El-Matbultyeh, founded by Sultan Kait Bey in 1475along with its institute (Ashrafiyeh). The principal street, upwardsof 1 M. long, forms the busy bazaar of the town. Many of the housesare provided with handsomely carved wooden jutties and lattice-work, which are in most cases very anc
. Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers. ds Barracks. Here is also the principal Mosque (Garniel-Bahr), with two lofty minarets and a spacious dome. Connectedwith it is a university (223 students, 46 professors). In the vicinityare a Roman Catholic and a Greek church. Close to the river standsthe mosque of El-Matbultyeh, founded by Sultan Kait Bey in 1475along with its institute (Ashrafiyeh). The principal street, upwardsof 1 M. long, forms the busy bazaar of the town. Many of the housesare provided with handsomely carved wooden jutties and lattice-work, which are in most cases very ancient and differ materiallyin style from the mashrabiyehs of Cairo. To the N. of the town, in the suburb of El-Gebdneh, is thedilapidated mosque of Abul Madteh. The building appears to datefrom the period of the old town of Damietta and has Cuflc inscrip-tions in front. The interior contains numerous antique columns,two of which, standing on the same base, offer a test of honesty,like those in the Mosque of Amr at Cairo (p. 110). Another column. WagnerJt PORT SAID. 11. Route. 177 in the same row is licked by sufferers in the liope of cure. Themiuaret is embellished -with early-Arabian ornamentation. A trip by boat down to the Mouth of the Nile (Boghdz) takes;i-3V2 lrs. or, if the -wind is favourable, I1/2 l. only (fare thereand back 20 pias.). During the summer months steamers ply to(I hr.) the Rds el-Bahr, a peninsula jutting out between the Nileand the sea, visited for sea-bathing by both Europeans and Egypt-ians. Dolphins are often seen in the river near its mouth. From Damiktta to Port SaId via Lake Menzaleb (8 lira.), see p. boats start from the fishins-village of Oheit en-JVasdra, 2 M. to the Damietta (carr. in 20 min., 6-8 pias.). — From Damietta to Eosetta(p. 30) via Lake Burins (Borollos), a ronte which is not recommended,takes 2-3 days at least and sometimes much longer. 11. From Port Said to Cairo or Suez via Isma^iliyeh, Uailwat to Ismdi
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