The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-06

flaming horizon can only murraur a low
but reverent "Goshl'
It may interest the reader to hear
what Baedeker has to say on the sub
ject. Baedeker says ,lpage 216), "The
GRn aso are y fine NJ That IS What at |
over a lot of words and tack on super
fuous adjectives. AS soon as he has
impaired the necessary information in
a trim and concise manner he moves
on to the next subject.
I am sending herewith two sketches
which show the beauty and variety OF
landscape to which we are treated
t~eristic. We see before us the ripping
Nile and beyond it the sheer river bank
Of black dirt. Then the field of way
ing grain, in the distance the range OF
hills and over all a dazzling sunshine.
No: 2 is more varied. Again we have
the river, the mud bank and the grow
ing crops, together with the distant
sinking. In the foreground at the left
is a majestic palm. The structure at
the right is a native house and will in
dicate something of the simple life OF
the agriculturist. The complicated de-
vice on the river bank at stage center
Is Cne SnauouI, uSeQ Iof lItlnP WdGSt
ing in the distant hill (marked K in the
drawingl is the entrance to a rock
tomb. By studying this picture the
reader may get a very fair understand
ing of the architectural splendor Of
these ancient sepulchres.
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Travelling on the Nile has two reli-
able features to commend it. The
weather is always fair and the native
population constantly enlivens the pic
ture, for the lower river is crowded
with sails and every inch along the
banks is under cultivation. Also, the
Nile has some surprises in store. Two
definite decisions are soon shattered.
Delusion No. HEAT. 1t is not
always warm In Egypt. In the middle
of the day, out of the wind and on the
| desert. it may work up to a good sum-
merry temperature at this season, but IN
the shade it is cool, and as soon as the
sun has set a bracing antumnal chill
comes into the air and the heavy over
coat is needed. The north wind can be
very chisel1y at times. IF coming to
jEgypt, bring your fannels along.
CDelusion No. 2-CROGODILES. There
are no crocodiles in the Nile. We have
always supposed that the bank of the
river was polka-dotted with these mon
sters, lying in wait for small dark chill
dren. 1t is said that 1000 years ago
the Nile was bordered with papyrus
reeds or b~ulrushes, within the tangles
of which lurked the hippopotamus,
crocodiles, dragomans and other rep
tiles, but the animals have disappeared,
and so has the river vegetation. The
other day we visited the island on
which Pharaoh 8 daughter discovered
little Moses. The island is still there,
but there isn't a bulrush within a mile
of it.
One Of the penalties of travel is ia
have old and settled beliefs uprooted
For instance, there are no Maltese cats
in Malta, no Venetian blinds in Venice
no Roman punch in Rome. If you want
Neapolitan ice cream in Naples you
must send out for it. You may walk
all day In Bologna without seeing a
pound of bologna sausage. Egyptian
cigarets are known turnout the world
and yet no tobacco is grown in Egypt
Go to Manhattan Beach and everybody
is drinking Martins. Truly, the stereo
typed labels are deceptive.