Up the Nile and Home again – A handbook for Travellers and Travel-book for the Library is the account of a travel in Egypt by boat up and down the Nile. The book, by F. W. Fairholt, was published in 1862 and written both as a guidebook and an anthropological description of the Egyptian Nile-land. His travel was done in a number of different small boats such as the sandal and the felookah. The book features detailed theories about how the pyramid was built, descriptions of agricultural process and an explanation on how a slingshot works – and much, much more.
Nothing of interest is met on the Nile between Zowyeh and Benisouef,” says Wilkinson; hence, if the wind he foul, the voyager must make up his mind to a few of the dullest days of his life. The lower part of the Nile and the Delta is very like the lower part of the Rhine and the marshes of Holland. The stupid monotony of the seene is wearisome indeed! Yet, in defiance of all this, some enthusiasts declare,“ the Nile is never monotonous!
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