A thousand miles up the Nile

CHAPTER X.

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ASSUAN AND ELEPHANTINE.

Assûan--Strange Wares for Sale--Madame Nubia--Castor Oil--The Black Governor--An Enormous Blunder--Tannhäuser in Egypt--Elephantine--Inscribed Potsherds--Bazaar of Assûan--The Camel--A Ride in the Desert--The Obelisk of the Quarry--A Death in the Town 157