The Crescent and the Cross: Or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel, Band 1

Abyssinia Æthiopia ancient appearance Arab arrived Assouan bank beard beautiful blue boat bosom breeze Cairo calm camels canal carpet cataract CHAPTER cliffs colour Copts crew crocodile crowd Damietta dark deck desert dragoman Egypt Egyptian English eyes faith feet flag flowers foam gardens Girgeh gleaming green grove hand hareem Hermonthis Herodotus hippopotamus hour hundred hyæna inhabitants interest island Isle of Flowers Keneh kurbash labour land light lonely look Luxor Mahmoud Mahomet Mamelukes Mecca Mehemet Mehemet Ali Meroë miles moored Moslem mountain never night Nile Nubia once palace palm palm-trees Pasha passed Pharaohs picturesque pipe pyramids river rocks round ruins sailors sails sands Saracen scarcely scene seemed shadow Sheikh shore silence Siout slave song soon stood stream temple tent Thebes tombs traveller trees turban village Wady Halfa wandered waves wild wind woman women