Mariette, Auguste; Dickerman, Lysander [Editor]: The monuments of Upper Egypt (Boston, 1890)

86 THE MONUMENTS OF UPPER EGYPT.

the lovely island of Philse the extreme limit of
our journey on the Nile, in this Handbook.

The Upper Egypt railway at present extends
to Siout, but that is practically of little avail;
for at the end of the railway journey, even if
the roadways were not to fail him, the traveller
would find neither carriages, nor horses, nor any
animals for riding, capable of sustaining a long
-and continuous journey. There remains then
but one other mode of journeying, and that is
along the Nile itself, which, in fact, is the one
high road of Egypt. Therefore, immediately
on his arrival at Cairo, the traveller would do
well to take steps to secure either the dahabeah
or the steamer which is to convey him through-
out his journey.

But while the necessary preparations are
going on, there is plenty to be seen in Cairo
itself, and many an antiquity to be studied in
the immediate vicinity, which will well repay a
visit.

It is with these antiquities that we will begin
our description.