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    Second cataract of the Nile from the S.W., the first obstruction to navigation for 1000 miles--Egypt. (98) 

    Underwood & Underwood (Rice University, 1904)
    Man at the second cataract of the Nile...
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    Niney-two foot obelisk still lying in the Assuan granite quarry at the first cataract, Egypt. (87) 

    Underwood & Underwood (Rice University, 1904)
    Man stands on a fallen obelisk in the ground
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    The Nilometer (measure of inundations), IsLand of Elephantine, first cataract, Egypt. (86) 

    Underwood & Underwood (Rice University, 1904)
    Children standing on nilometer; boat in background
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    Boat Life in Egypt and Nubia [Electronic Version] 

    Prime, William Cowper, 1825-1905 (Rice University, 1874)
    SheikHousseinHearing of him againBuyingProvisions andFurnitureAbd-elAttiContract for theNileVoyageThePhantom, myBoatDescription of theBoatServantsFerrajjHassanHajjiMohammed, theCookMoney-changerTheDepartureAllAboardFirstNight on the...
    NileSound of theMuezzinCallAnObligingGovernmentNileMudFirstImpressions of theNileBenisoefAbd-elAtti thrashes aNativeWildPigsAbouGirgGoing forMilkMoonlightScene in aMudVillageRemains of...
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    Egypt through the stereoscope : a journey through the land of the Pharaohs [Electronic Version] 

    Breasted, James Henry, 1865-1935 (Rice University, 1908)
    to , or the , as the cataract obstructing the river is usually called, because it is the first one met in the ascent. Egypt was and is, therefore, a vast trench in the , to which we must add...
    vast realm, the first organized empire known in history, extending from the upper waters of the Euphrates to the fourth cataract of the Nile. All that honor, which, following...
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    Egypt, handbook for travellers: part second, upper Egypt, with Nubia as far as the second cataract and the western oases [Electronic Version] 

    Baedeker, Karl (Rice University, 1892)
    CATARACT AND THE WESTERN OASESK. BAEDEKER [Image of Page fpc]PREFACE. [Image of Page v]The present volume forms the second part of the Editor's the first part of which...
    to make connection with the ocean-steamers.e.g.For the Mail and Tourist Steamers between the First and Second Cataract Philæ to Wadi Ḥalfah), see p. 299.b. The Dhahabîyeh Voyage...
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    A Thousand Miles Up The Nile [Electronic Version] 

    Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford, 1831-1892 (Rice University, 1890)
    .IRSTESTBURY-ONRYMOctoberPREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.“Un voyage en égypte, c'est une partie d'ânes et une promenade en bateau entremêlées de ruines.”MPÈRE. A has put Egypt in an epigram. “A donkey-ride and a...
    , cataract, everything included except wine—was about £10 per day.With regard to temperature, we found it cool—even cold, sometimes—in December and January; mild in February; very warm in March and April...
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    Egypt [Electronic Version] 

    Kelly, Robert Talbot, 1861-1934 (Rice University, 1910)
    , but the Mohammedan era, though commencing nearly 200 years before Egbert was crowned first King of England, continues to the present day, and the beautiful mosques, as their churches are called (many...
    the southern half of Spain, and to-day the Faith of Islam, as their religion is called, is the third largest in the world.Equally surprising as their accession to power is the very beautiful art they created, first in Egypt...
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    Cook's tourists' handbook for Egypt, the Nile, and the Desert [Electronic Version] 

    Thomas Cook Ltd. [Corporate author] (Rice University, 1897)
    of the Company's plant and property at .C Steamer Service between the First and Second Cataracts is carried on by First Class Tourist Steamers between Philæ and Wadi-Halfa in connection...
    , and seven more are allowed for trips to the Second Cataract. C Mail Steamers, leaving twice weekly, enable those who wish to visit both the First and Second Cataracts to do so in less...
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    To-day on the Nile [Electronic Version] 

    Dunning, Harry Westbrook, 1871- (Rice University, 1905)
    .OPYRIGHTBYAMESOTTOF I, N, 1905IRSTMPRESSIONSOVEMBER To MY FATHER PREFACE M motives may bring the tourist to Egypt. But when he first sets...
    foot on her shores, or rather even when his thoughts first turn thither, he feels that Egypt is something more than a mere health or pleasure resort. Egypt has a history longer and more...
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