By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913 . u:?-. Gravestone of Muhammad, son of XUied Allali. wlio died on tfie 2otli day ofthe month of Kamadan, All. 4 \=, ( 1051). Biji. No. (x)! Torrential Rain at Aswan. 97 strange form, came to my help. One day the sky becamecovered with dense grey clouds, which I was told wererarely seen in Aswan, and for three days there was nobright sunshine, but only a subdued misty grey lightwhich was very pleasant. In the afternoon rain beganto fall, and the natives
By Nile and Tigris : a narrative of Journeys in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum between the years 1886 and 1913 . u:?-. Gravestone of Muhammad, son of XUied Allali. wlio died on tfie 2otli day ofthe month of Kamadan, All. 4 \=, ( 1051). Biji. No. (x)! Torrential Rain at Aswan. 97 strange form, came to my help. One day the sky becamecovered with dense grey clouds, which I was told wererarely seen in Aswan, and for three days there was nobright sunshine, but only a subdued misty grey lightwhich was very pleasant. In the afternoon rain beganto fall, and the natives were happy, but the rain con-tinued to come down, and when evening came it fell intorrents. The natives were in despair, and for thefirst time I learned what tropical rain was like. TheRest Camp Mess was one of the best houses in the town,and it had two stout roofs, each of which was made of arow of palm trunks, covered with good thick layers ofmud ; but the rain which collected on the upper roofdissolved the mud between the palm trunks of bothroofs, and flowed down on the table whilst we wereeating, and made the dinner uneatable. It
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