The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1917-April 1918 (1893) (14578929238)

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Title: The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1917-April 1918

Year: 1893 (1890s)

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Subjects: Canadian periodicals

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario publishing co

Contributing Library: Toronto Public Library: Research and Reference Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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The Sphinx and Pyramid oi Cheops 461

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Feluccas with Folded Sails his frame. Great Ali Baba jars,hrimming vnth spices ready to beground, encroached upon the narrowway. We ended our walk beneath thearch of a huge gateway, Bab el ^lit-welli, whose rusty nails were twistedround with fragments of cloth, theowners thus placing themselves underthe protection of the Afreet suppos-ed to dwell behind the open doors.Some believers in excess of ardourhad buried teeth in the crevices of thewood, and these we saw in hundreds.TVe finished our days prowl in a lightand airy room hung with silk andwool embroideries of every lovelyshade. ♦ We spent the evening with the Hs,or rather part of it, for an hour ormore was taken up in finding theirhospitable mansion. 462 To start out ^vith an Egyptian driv-er, you knowing no Arabic and he noEnglish, your destination becomes anentire speculation. We crossed thePont Des Anglais at a spanking rate,the driver shouting at short intervals,Rig lac, rig lac, which, translated,is, :\Iind your feet. Wheth

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