The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . h. It is said that the Greek community contributes mostlargely to the crime in the country, but if the size of that com-munity be taken into account, it will be found that this state-ment is not strictly true. The enterprise and good businesshabits of the Greeks in Alexandria have made it the greatcity that it is. The French, Austrian, German, and Englishnations are likewise represented there, and in Cairo, by 44 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPi. several first-rate business houses. The destructive fanaticismpeculiar to the Muhammadan mind, so common in t
The Nile : notes for travellers in Egypt . h. It is said that the Greek community contributes mostlargely to the crime in the country, but if the size of that com-munity be taken into account, it will be found that this state-ment is not strictly true. The enterprise and good businesshabits of the Greeks in Alexandria have made it the greatcity that it is. The French, Austrian, German, and Englishnations are likewise represented there, and in Cairo, by 44 NOTES FOR TRAVELLERS IN EGYPi. several first-rate business houses. The destructive fanaticismpeculiar to the Muhammadan mind, so common in the fareast parts of Mesopotamia, seems to be non-existent inEgypt; such fanaticism as exists is, no doubt, kept in checkby the presence of Europeans, and all the different peopleslive side by side in a most peaceable manner. The greatbenefit derived by Egypt from the immigration of Europeansduring the last few years is evident from the increasedmaterial prosperity of the country, and the administration ofequitable laws which has 45 THE NILE. The river Nile is one of the longest rivers in the world ; its Egyptian name was Hapi, Q ;^;^;^ Aj, and the Arabs call it da/ir, or sea. It is formed by the junction, at15^ 34 N. lat., and 30*^ 30 58 E. long., of two greatarms, the JSa/ir el-Azrak^ , the turbid, or Blue Nile,from the , and the Bahr ei-Abyad, , the clear, orWhite Nile, from the * The eastern branch rises inGoyam, in Abyssinia, at an elevation of about 10,000 feetabove the level of the sea. Flowing through the lake ofDembea it passes round the eastern frontier of Goyam, till,when nearing the loth degree N. lat., it takes a north-west direction, which it preserves until it reaches Khartum ;here it unites with the Bahr el-Abyad, the other great arm,which flows from the The Bahr el-Abyad, or WhiteNile, is so called because of the fine whitish clay whichcolours its waters. It is broader and deeper than theeastern arm, and it brings down a much larg
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