The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1895-04-18
On the River Nile.

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~ one tourist in Egypt But AZ the 'Menl-
/ phis' runs swiftly over these smooth waters
Of muddy brown with tile Congregational
lists party on its decks, need only mention
the tact that ten members of our party are
ministers to convince YOU that American
conscience Has AT length entered and en-
lightened Egyptian darkness
| Hour after hour we have watched the
banks slip by on either side and have never
tired of the changing scenes. Here on One
\ sidr NJ tAe river il 4 laud village: sNne of
lts houses were caves, others imDrr impuS-
| ing dwellings, with mlitl Walls rising IL rhe
| height of ten or twelve feet If there are
any windows, they are merely small open
| lnss screened by lattice Nork THE village
seems \ paii If tAe dnsiN hanFs aMtl WeA,i
he scarcely di~tingui-AHlle from w SaTe fp.
the varying "ontour Of louse.s, iNtar4l,t.f-t.l
here and there with waving palms OF tiilv
whlfH mosques town Of niitd Attfae1s our
attention. f,r above Ill rise UNIV i.a.t ftij lnlIl-
Arets pointing skywarls wit'l thrir White
fingers Those Whit, fingers, however, sscin
to have loints slightly enlarged There is no
such word as "l4eMe" H. this land ef poor.
| crowded dwellings, Tile people swarm into
the streets aha bask in the sunshine Hrre
we see little fellow i'll llue gown ana II hite
| turtan, with the inperisha pie vell-woven
brown stockings made for him by Mother
Nature herself lie comes II, ming down I'd
the river, vsaes out into INV cooi waters
and there stoops " drink. He quenclles his
thirst ny the same method for which Gll-
con warriors We're condemned. Just be
heron stands IN the water Ionder on the
river Ing boat-load Of tired laborers floats
slowly homeW ard-hetween twenty and
twenty-five men, women and children, a
grey butfaio-cow, a camel and two asses, all
IA lnextricable confusion. One can hardly
tell which Is the hump on tile camel's bark
and which the burden Oh the womanfs head
Across the river bare-legged men plv tle
shadpof, sometimes Two buckets working
side bv side and set at three different levels
up the high bank The bare brown hacks Of
the men bend ana straighteR again Ill rhyth-
mic motion and the big black buckets come
up brlnfu of the Nile water whicl. blesses
8" richly this land ransomed from the des-
ert Despite aI TINS care and labor the
utStrt sometimes trtaiS very close tN it,
qnNntlAm slaHe ana almost lays ts hard
pfo"h haha upon tile Nlie's enrNlng SAouid-
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