. Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . Um Garriat and elsewhere. Practically nothing is known of the methodsemployed by the Egyptians in earlier days, butthey cannot have differed very greatly from thoseof the Roman period. There seems reason to sup-pose that less cruelty existed in dynastic timesthan in the days of the callous Romans; and inthe following chapter an account will be given ofa temple, a well, and a town built ^y King Sety the benefit of the persons who were engaged ingold-mining. The night spent at Fatireh was again bitterlycold, and a violent wind necessitated a tussle
. Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . Um Garriat and elsewhere. Practically nothing is known of the methodsemployed by the Egyptians in earlier days, butthey cannot have differed very greatly from thoseof the Roman period. There seems reason to sup-pose that less cruelty existed in dynastic timesthan in the days of the callous Romans; and inthe following chapter an account will be given ofa temple, a well, and a town built ^y King Sety the benefit of the persons who were engaged ingold-mining. The night spent at Fatireh was again bitterlycold, and a violent wind necessitated a tussle withtent-ropes and pegs : a form of exercise as annoy-ing in the daytime as any that exists, and in theshivering night-time unspeakable. A couple ofhours riding next day brought us to the end ofthe mountainous country and into the open the first time for several days the sun streameddown from a cloudless sky, but the strong northwind continued to blow in full force; and as wetrotted over the level plains we were half-blinded. Mons Claudianus. A large granite column lying to the north-east ofthe town. The back wall of the town is seen behind the column,above which the Temple buildings are seen at the foot of thegranite hills. lie Templt-age 127.
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