Identifier: cassellshistoryo00gran (find matches)
Title: Cassell's history of the war in the Soudan
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Grant, James, 1822-1887
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Publisher: London Cassel
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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THE SYCAMOUE OF MATAREEYEH. Pietro della Yalles time, a house wasshown at Matareeyeh, in which theVirgin was supposed to have lived; andbeneath a small window or recess in thewall, the Christian clergy resident in thecountry used to say mass. Close by Matareeyeh were other ob-jects of interest visited by our officers ; an institution while our troops werein Cairo. The largest of these colossal edificesare named from the villasre in theirvicinity, the Pyramids of Ghizeh, andto this day a ^dsit to them is a favouriteSunday outing with the Cairenes. A well-kept road runs straight as a TEE ROAD TO THE PYRAMIDS. hb line under tlie shadow of lebbek trees,says Ebers in his magnificent work;the castle and viceregal gardens ofGhizeh, enclosed by walls, lie to ourleft; the dewy verdure of the fields, before us, with their sharp triangularoutline. Eight and left we now seewading buffaloes, now flocks of herons ;here a solitary pelican Avithin easy shot ofour carriage; there half-naked labourers
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AT THE FOOT OF THh GREAT PYRAMID. intersected by canals, refreshes theeye, and a delicate blue mist veils thewestern horizon. The air has thatpurity and that aromatic freshness• which are peculiar to a winter morning^ ^gypt- Now the misty curtainthat floats over the western landscapeparts for a moment—the Pyramids are 29 at their daily work, and then- villagesstanding remote from the road. There soar two large eagles It is now bright and hot; before us thePyramids stand unveiled, scarred bythe injuries they have received in thecourse of ages. In some respects, it is unnecessary to 31 CAS SELLS HISTORY OF TEE WAR IN THE SOUDAN, describe tliese wonders of tlie ancient built the two larger Pyramids, namel3% * world, as the stereometrical form which Cheops and Cephren; and hence, he took its name from them is so familiar adds, they commonly call the Pyra- to every one; but it is only when they mids after Philition, a shepherd, who, are contrasted with some other object at that time, f

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