The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-06

banks, natives hoisting water, green fields
stretching away TO the bald range OF Mills.
double nuts Spinoly palms. nov and tnen
u solemn row OF cameis, always several
doIlktSS ana goats III evidence, every lew
miles the tall stack of a sugar mill, per-
pctuaI sunsninc-it Is monotonous travel
9nd yet there is continually something do
ing along the banks and the traveller can
not get away from that feeling OF salts
faction which results rrom lying back to
watch other people work.
And the sunsets! You cannot estimate
the real dignity and artistic value OF
camel until you see him or her sllhoucttcd
against Il sky of molten gold just at twl-
light. L have made two or three attempts
10 describe the glory of sunset in the
desert. but l find myself as helpless as
MI. Feasley. who. atter gazing for five
minutes at the flaming horizon, can only
murmur a low but reverent Gosh
IL may interest the reader TO hear what
Baedeckcr has to say on the subject.
Baodeckcr says (p 2l6I: The sunsets arc
decker. He doesn't fuss over a lot of
words and tack on supcriiuous adjectives-
As soon as he has impaired the necessary
Information In a trim and concise manner
he moves on to the next subject.
| am sending herewith two Sketches
which show the beauty and variety Of
landscape to which we arc treated every
day. View No. ! Is most Characteristic
We see before us the ripping Nile and be
yond IL the sheer river bank OF black dirt
Then the field OF waving grain. in tho
distance the range of hills and over all a
dazzling sunshine
No. Is more varied Again we nave
the river. the mud bank and the growing
crops, together with the distant hills. be
hind which the sun is silently sinking. In
the foreground at the left is a majestic
palm. The structure at the right Is a
native house ana will indicate something
Of the simple life of tho agriculturist The
complicated device on the river bank at
stage center is the shadouf. used Tor mt
ing water from the stream. The caVernous
opening in the distant hill tmarked Y in
the drawing) Is the entrance to a rock
tomb. BY studying this picture the reader
may get a very fair understanding OF the
architectural splendcr of these ancient
sepulchres.
Travelling on the Mic has two reliable
features to commend IL The weather is
always fair and the native population con-
stantly enlIvens tho picture. 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 delusions are soon shattered
Delusion No. Heat, II Is not always
warm In Egypt. In the middle Of the day
out OF the wind and on the desert. II may
work up 10 a good summery temperature
at this season but In the shade II Is cool
and as soon as the sun has set a bracng
aUtumnal chill comes into the air and tho
heavy oYercoat is needed The north wind
can be very .chselly at times, II coming
TO Egypt. bring your fsnncls along.
Deluslon No, 2-Crocodiles. There are no
crocodilcs in the Nile, We have always
supposed that the bank Of the river was
polka dotted with these monsters. lying
In walt for small dark children. 1t is said
that two thousand years ago the Nile was
bordered with papyrus reeds or bullrushes.
within the tanglcs of which lurked the
hlDpopot1mus, crocodiles. dragomans and
other reptiles. but the animals have dis
appeared, and so has the river vegetation.
Tho other day VIC visited the Island on
which Pharaoh's daughter discovered lit
tie Moses The island Is still there. but
there Isn't any bullrush within a mile
OF It.
one of the penalties Of travel is to have
Old and settled beliefs uprooted. For In
stance, there are no Maltese cats I'm
Maltn no Venetian blinds In Venice. no
Roman punch In Rome, If you want Nca-
polltan ice cream In Naples you must send
out fo- It, You may walk about all day
in Bologna without seeing pound Of Bo-
loens sausage. EgYption cigarettes are
known throughout the world and yet no
tobacco is grown I'm EgyDt. Go TO Man
hatton beach snd everybody is drinking
martinis Truly. the stereotypcd labels
are deceptive