Egypt in 1855 and 1856, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from Egypt in 1855 and 1856, Vol. 2: Tunis in 1857 and 1858We were from the afternoon of the 7th till the 10th before we made Kom Ombo. It was a gay, tranquil morning when the fine temple, reared upon a lofty eminence over the river (the only Egyptian monument possessing this advantage) came in view. As we rounded the long low-lying shore on the western side, whence the waters had far receded since we passed it in our upward journey, the whole population was out and working hard to get down their melons in the fertile deposit that lay bare, and a monstrous crocodile was stretched basking on a sandy island just below the temple. The building itself was dedicated to Aroeris and the crocodile-headed god Savak, and the animal itself was held sacred throughout the Ombite dis trict. There is a broad wall of crude brick sur rounding the enceinte, on which a learned Egyptian traveller supposes that in former times the reptile was taken out for an airing by his attendant priests. Why the crocodile like Humpty Dumpty should be set on a wall I cannot well understand. I should have thought it the last place to suit its tastes and habits.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.