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PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
here choked up by black rocks, which jut out of the stream in every direction and in every
variety of form. Between, around, and over them the river eddies and foams ; not fiercely,
.If
ON THE ISLAND OF ELEPHANTINE.
A large number of potsherds, inscribed with interesting Coptic and Demotic temple records, are constantly picked up on the island by the
natives, who drive a profitable trade in these valuable archives.
however, but in a quiet, monotonous, persistent manner. The fall is both slight and gradual,
and there is nothing resembling a cascade, so that one is tempted to fancy that the descent
PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
here choked up by black rocks, which jut out of the stream in every direction and in every
variety of form. Between, around, and over them the river eddies and foams ; not fiercely,
.If
ON THE ISLAND OF ELEPHANTINE.
A large number of potsherds, inscribed with interesting Coptic and Demotic temple records, are constantly picked up on the island by the
natives, who drive a profitable trade in these valuable archives.
however, but in a quiet, monotonous, persistent manner. The fall is both slight and gradual,
and there is nothing resembling a cascade, so that one is tempted to fancy that the descent