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HOW TO ASCEND THE NILE.
So different are the modes of travel in Egypt from those
of any other country, so different from what they were
only a few years ago, that some information for the bene-
fit of travellers should be given in such a book as this.
Previous to the opening of the Suez Canal in 1SG9, the only
mode of ascending the Nile from Cairo was by means of
a dahabeah. This is a sail boat, manned by ten or fifteen
sailors, a cook, a waiter, and a dragoman, and will ac-
commodate from four to six passengers. It makes a trip
from Cairo to Assouan and return in eight or ten weeks.
This will enable passengers to stop at the following
places: Sakkarah, one day; Beni-Hassan, six hours; Tel-
el-Amarna, six hours; Assiout, one day; Shekh Herede,
six hours; Abydos, one day; Denderah, one day; Thebes,
seven days; Esneh, six hours; El Kab, six hours; Edfou,
one day; Silsileh, three hours; Kom Ombos, one hour;
E lephnntine and Philoe, two days.
The cost of such a trip was about $500 for each person.
This is now the only really enjoyable method of ascend-
ing the Kile. For the student who would investigate the
monuments, it is absolutely the only method.
There are on the Nile about twenty old dahabeahs
which can be used by travellers. During the season of
1889-90, the firm of Thomas Cook & Son have put three
new dahabeahs at the disposal of the public. These are
called "Isis," "Horus," and "Osiris." They are fur-
nished with steel hulls, saloons, cabins, and dining-rooms,
not only to secure comfort, but all possible luxuries for a
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So different are the modes of travel in Egypt from those
of any other country, so different from what they were
only a few years ago, that some information for the bene-
fit of travellers should be given in such a book as this.
Previous to the opening of the Suez Canal in 1SG9, the only
mode of ascending the Nile from Cairo was by means of
a dahabeah. This is a sail boat, manned by ten or fifteen
sailors, a cook, a waiter, and a dragoman, and will ac-
commodate from four to six passengers. It makes a trip
from Cairo to Assouan and return in eight or ten weeks.
This will enable passengers to stop at the following
places: Sakkarah, one day; Beni-Hassan, six hours; Tel-
el-Amarna, six hours; Assiout, one day; Shekh Herede,
six hours; Abydos, one day; Denderah, one day; Thebes,
seven days; Esneh, six hours; El Kab, six hours; Edfou,
one day; Silsileh, three hours; Kom Ombos, one hour;
E lephnntine and Philoe, two days.
The cost of such a trip was about $500 for each person.
This is now the only really enjoyable method of ascend-
ing the Kile. For the student who would investigate the
monuments, it is absolutely the only method.
There are on the Nile about twenty old dahabeahs
which can be used by travellers. During the season of
1889-90, the firm of Thomas Cook & Son have put three
new dahabeahs at the disposal of the public. These are
called "Isis," "Horus," and "Osiris." They are fur-
nished with steel hulls, saloons, cabins, and dining-rooms,
not only to secure comfort, but all possible luxuries for a
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