Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . Ticket of admission from the consulate necessary (p. 241). Distance about 3 H, (a drive of A it should be borne in mind that the Nile is closed from I to about 3 oclock, the time appointed for the of vessels thi gh it. A visit to Gezireh may also be combined with .-in e cur Ion to the Pyramids (on the way back from the latter). The road to the chateau of Gezireh crosses the handsome IronBridge adjoining the Kaar en-NU (PI. 17), the extensive barracksof Cairo, which also contain apartmen
Egypt : handbook for travellers : part first, lower Egypt, with the Fayum and the peninsula of Sinai . Ticket of admission from the consulate necessary (p. 241). Distance about 3 H, (a drive of A it should be borne in mind that the Nile is closed from I to about 3 oclock, the time appointed for the of vessels thi gh it. A visit to Gezireh may also be combined with .-in e cur Ion to the Pyramids (on the way back from the latter). The road to the chateau of Gezireh crosses the handsome IronBridge adjoining the Kaar en-NU (PI. 17), the extensive barracksof Cairo, which also contain apartments for the use of the Khe-dive. The bridge, about 420 yds. in length, was built by aFrench iron company. The buttresses, which were constructedwith the aid of air-tight caissons, are of solid stone, and arcapart. The bottom of the foundations is about 4f> ft. belov,the Level of the river when at its lowest. At a very early hour in• lie morning an interesting and picturesque crowd of peasantrymay be leen congregated lure for the purpose of paying duty onthe wares i hej are bringing to k co oi s d a of C GrEZXKEH. 4. Route. 329 Beyond the bridge we turn to the right, and soon the Nile, the northernmost part of the great park, thelaying out of which is still unfinished. The grounds, which weredesigned by M. Barillet (p. 76), are intended to extend from to Kmbabeh. and will be about 51 -: M. : Iff. broad. The W. Arm of thk Nile, which separal inland, is at present closed at the upper end, SO that when the river i* low thechannel is tilled with water to a point a little above Kmbabeh only. Itis intended. use this arm as a kind of waste-pipe, opened when the water is so high as to endanger the K. bank near Kasxeu-Xil and the new town of Isimviliya. The bed of this arm of the riverhas been widened, deepened, and protected by embankments (a workwhich was began in 1866), and nearly one-third ot the volume of theiCile can be conducted through this chaunel. The em
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