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286 THE MONUMENTS OF UPPER EGYPT.
more ancient edifices were utilized, is still stand-
ing, as also the granite portal which bears on
each of its uprights the cartouches of Amenophis
II. Close to the modern dwellings, an indifferent
statue of Osiris, on which may with difficulty be
deciphered the names of Meuephtah (XIXth dy-
nasty, 1350 B.C.), marks the spot where once
stood the fa§ade of the temple of Amenophis
III.
IX.-PHIL>E.
Miles
From Assouan to Fbilse.......... 5
" Boolak to Philte...........606
The excursion from Assouan to Philse may
be made by land as far as the convent of the
Austrian Mission, from whence travellers are
conve}red to the island in boats. But a branch of
the same road leading to the village of Shellal,
where boats may also be had, will be found far
more picturesque, when the condition of the
river makes it practicable.
From Phila> back to Assouan a different route
is generally followed, in order to enable the
traveller to visit the so-called cataract.*
* Paul Lucas, a traveller of the time of Louis XIV.,
described the cataract as precipitating itself with such
force from the top of the rocks that the inhabitants of
the district were deaf for several miles around. Now
this is a manifest exaggeration. Indeed, if by cataract
more ancient edifices were utilized, is still stand-
ing, as also the granite portal which bears on
each of its uprights the cartouches of Amenophis
II. Close to the modern dwellings, an indifferent
statue of Osiris, on which may with difficulty be
deciphered the names of Meuephtah (XIXth dy-
nasty, 1350 B.C.), marks the spot where once
stood the fa§ade of the temple of Amenophis
III.
IX.-PHIL>E.
Miles
From Assouan to Fbilse.......... 5
" Boolak to Philte...........606
The excursion from Assouan to Philse may
be made by land as far as the convent of the
Austrian Mission, from whence travellers are
conve}red to the island in boats. But a branch of
the same road leading to the village of Shellal,
where boats may also be had, will be found far
more picturesque, when the condition of the
river makes it practicable.
From Phila> back to Assouan a different route
is generally followed, in order to enable the
traveller to visit the so-called cataract.*
* Paul Lucas, a traveller of the time of Louis XIV.,
described the cataract as precipitating itself with such
force from the top of the rocks that the inhabitants of
the district were deaf for several miles around. Now
this is a manifest exaggeration. Indeed, if by cataract