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... whole scenery of the Sinaitic peninsula is of the grandest nature , while the journey to Petra is full of interest . The time occupied in the Nile portion of the tour will be three weeks , taking the steamers which start every fortnight ...
... whole scenery of the Sinaitic peninsula is of the grandest nature , while the journey to Petra is full of interest . The time occupied in the Nile portion of the tour will be three weeks , taking the steamers which start every fortnight ...
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... whole scenery of the Gulf of Akabah is grand and beautiful , well repaying a visit . Such a tour as I have indicated above , including two or three weeks ' stoppage in Italy on the way out , and a fortnight to return home from ...
... whole scenery of the Gulf of Akabah is grand and beautiful , well repaying a visit . Such a tour as I have indicated above , including two or three weeks ' stoppage in Italy on the way out , and a fortnight to return home from ...
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... whole scene forms a strangely interesting series of moving many - hued groups , which de- light the beholder's eye . No sooner does a gentleman make his appearance on the hotel steps , with the view of passing into the street , than a ...
... whole scene forms a strangely interesting series of moving many - hued groups , which de- light the beholder's eye . No sooner does a gentleman make his appearance on the hotel steps , with the view of passing into the street , than a ...
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... whole city and sur- rounding country . Standing on the top of the ramparts and looking down , you have before you a confused mass of white buildings , mosques , minarets , streets , squares , bazaars , and gardens , with great vacant ...
... whole city and sur- rounding country . Standing on the top of the ramparts and looking down , you have before you a confused mass of white buildings , mosques , minarets , streets , squares , bazaars , and gardens , with great vacant ...
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... , sugar - canes , & c . , attest to the fertility of the soil . For almost the whole distance the huge forms of the Pyramids are seen , yellow with the rays of the morning sun , and , as they are FROM ITALY TO EGYPT 11.
... , sugar - canes , & c . , attest to the fertility of the soil . For almost the whole distance the huge forms of the Pyramids are seen , yellow with the rays of the morning sun , and , as they are FROM ITALY TO EGYPT 11.
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