The Boy Travellers in the Far East. Part Fourth
Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Egypt and the Holy Land
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The Boy Travellers in the Far East
PART FOURTH
ADVENTURES OF TWO YOUTHS IN A JOURNEY
TO
EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND
BY
THOMAS W. KNOX
Illustrated
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
1883
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Chapter I.
FROM BOMBAY TO SUEZ.—THE RED SEA, MECCA, AND MOUNT SINAI.
Chapter II.
SUEZ.—WHERE THE ISRAELITES CROSSED THE RED SEA.—THE SUEZ CANAL.
Chapter III.
FROM SUEZ TO CAIRO.—THROUGH THE LAND OF GOSHEN.
Chapter IV.
STREET SCENES IN CAIRO.
Chapter V.
A RAMBLE THROUGH THE BAZAARS OF CAIRO.
Chapter VI.
MOSQUES, DERVISHES, AND SCHOOLS.—EDUCATION IN EGYPT.
Chapter VII.
THE CITADEL.—THE TOMBS OF THE CALIPHS.—THE NILOMETER.—THE ROSETTA STONE.
Chapter VIII.
WONDERS OF THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES.
Chapter IX.
THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZEH AND SAKKARA.—MEMPHIS AND THE APIS MAUSOLEUM.
Chapter X.
AN ORIENTAL BATH.—EGYPTIAN WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS.
Chapter XI.
ASCENDING THE NILE.—SIGHTS AND SCENES ON THE RIVER.
Chapter XII.
SUGAR PLANTATIONS AND MILLS.—SNAKE-CHARMERS.—SIGHTS AT BENI-HASSAN.
Chapter XIII.
SIOOT, THE ANCIENT LYCOPOLIS.—SCENES ON THE RIVER.
Chapter XIV.
GIRGEH AND KENEH.—THE TEMPLES OF ABYDUS AND DENDERAH.—AN EGYPTIAN DANCE.
Chapter XV.
ARRIVAL AT LUXOR.—THE GREAT TEMPLE OF KARNAK.
Chapter XVI.
THE RAMESEUM, MEDINET ABOO, AND THE VOCAL MEMNON.
Chapter XVII.
THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS.—RECENT DISCOVERIES OF ROYAL MUMMIES.
Chapter XVIII.
HAREM LIFE IN THE EAST.—FROM LUXOR TO ASSOUAN.
Chapter XIX.
A CAMEL JOURNEY.—THE ISLAND OF PHILÆ, AND THE FIRST CATARACT OF THE NILE.
Chapter XX.
FROM ASSOUAN TO ALEXANDRIA.—FAREWELL TO EGYPT.
Chapter XXI.
VOYAGE FROM EGYPT TO PALESTINE.—JOURNEY FROM JAFFA TO RAMLEH.
Chapter XXII.
FROM RAMLEH TO JERUSALEM.—THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE.
Chapter XXIII.
IN AND AROUND JERUSALEM.
Chapter XXIV.
FROM JERUSALEM TO BETHLEHEM.—CHURCH AND GROTTO OF THE NATIVITY.
Chapter XXV.
FROM BETHLEHEM TO MAR SABA AND THE DEAD SEA.
Chapter XXVI.
FROM THE DEAD SEA TO THE JORDAN, JERICHO, AND JERUSALEM.—THE VALLEY OF THE JORDAN.
Chapter XXVII.
FROM JERUSALEM TO NABULUS.—HISTORIC PLACES ON THE ROUTE.
Chapter XXVIII.
FROM NABULUS TO NAZARETH, SAMARIA, JENIN, AND THE PLAIN OF ESDRAELON.
Chapter XXIX.
ASCENT OF MOUNT TABOR.—AROUND AND ON THE SEA OF GALILEE.
Chapter XXX.
FROM GALILEE TO DAMASCUS.—A RIDE THROUGH DAN AND BANIAS.
Chapter XXXI.
SIGHTS AND SCENES IN DAMASCUS.
Chapter XXXII.
DAMASCUS TO BEYROOT.—THE RUINS OF BAALBEC.—FAREWELL.
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