. The science of railways . s 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
. The science of railways . s 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 the country from south to north flowsthe Nile River, which annually overflows itsbanks, thus fertilizing the valley, some eightmiles wide and eight hundred miles long. Thisvalley, with its subsidiary plains, forms theagricultural resource of the country, as there areno rains. 286 CARRIAGE IN A Bedouin. These people live in tents in the desert and are regard the plundering of caravans as taking the place of passports orcustom dues required elsewhere. They look upon travelers as trespassersupon their property. CARRIAGE IN EGYPT. 287
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