DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.4644#0015
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There is no object on the Nile so beautiful as the Island of Philae, with its temples and trees seen
amidst the wild desolation of the vast rocks which here bound the river above the first cataract of
the Nile.
On whichever side this charming island is approached, nothing can exceed its beauty. The
picturesque forms of its temples, its romantic situation, and its fertility, are the themes of every
traveller. It is the first object lying in the beauty of repose which presents itself to those who
ascend the river after the turmoil and dangers of the cataract. But with all these natural advantages,
and the emotions excited b}^ the charm of contrast, it acquires a vast increase of beauty if it be
seen at sunset, against the blaze of the last rays of an Egyptian sun; it is then that the light,
breaking through the elegant Temple called the bed of Pharaoh, enriches the scene with the character
of fairy land.
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-—,r * ■
■3T3HE3B 5I1IL.&
• S5 2P3HE3LJ1 1ST ilMf,
There is no object on the Nile so beautiful as the Island of Philae, with its temples and trees seen
amidst the wild desolation of the vast rocks which here bound the river above the first cataract of
the Nile.
On whichever side this charming island is approached, nothing can exceed its beauty. The
picturesque forms of its temples, its romantic situation, and its fertility, are the themes of every
traveller. It is the first object lying in the beauty of repose which presents itself to those who
ascend the river after the turmoil and dangers of the cataract. But with all these natural advantages,
and the emotions excited b}^ the charm of contrast, it acquires a vast increase of beauty if it be
seen at sunset, against the blaze of the last rays of an Egyptian sun; it is then that the light,
breaking through the elegant Temple called the bed of Pharaoh, enriches the scene with the character
of fairy land.