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Wilson, Charles William, Sir. Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, Vol. 2 - Page 379. 1883. Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. April 15, 2021. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic/item/543/show/440.

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Wilson, Charles William, Sir. (1883). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, Vol. 2 - Page 379. Exotic Impressions, Views of Foreign Lands. Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries. Retrieved from https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic/item/543/show/440

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Title	Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt, Vol. 2
Creator (LCNAF)	Wilson, Charles William, Sir
Publisher	D. Appleton and Company
Date	1883
Description	Index: Phoenicia and Lebanon / by the Rev. H. W. Jessup -- The Phoenician plain / by the Rev. Canon Tristram -- Acre, the key of Palestine, Mount Carmel and the river Kishon, Maritime cities and plains of Palestine / by Miss M. E. Rogers -- Lydda and Ramleh, Philistia / By Lt. Col. Warren -- The south country of Judaea / by the Rev. Canon Tristram -- The southern borderland and Dead Sea / by Professor Palmer -- Mount Hor and the cliffs of Edom, The convent of St. Catherine / by Miss M. E. Rogers -- Sinai / by the Rev. C. P. Clarke -- The land of Goshen, Cairo, Memphis, Thebes, Edfu and Philae / by S. Lane-Poole.
Subject.Geographic (TGN)	Egypt Palestine Sinai Peninsula
Genre (AAT)	books illustrations (layout features) plates (illustrations) maps (documents)
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Text
Original Item Location	DS107 .W73 v.2
Original Item URL	http://library.uh.edu/record=b1703789~S11
Digital Collection	Exotic Impressions: Views of Foreign Lands
Digital Collection URL	http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic
Repository	Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL	http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library
Use and Reproduction	No Copyright - United States
Identifier	exotic_201304_015

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Transcript	CAIRi 379 the modern additions extend only from the 1 number oi parallel boulevards and rondes /, borrowing Western ugliness and uniformity, h followed I Western : planting of trees.* To understand the topography of the old Arab city, which lies to the es e canal 00 the side farthest from the Nik, we must imagine a while i i)lr m i ttorsn% lividing it Into four quarters, The rectangular ilag represents old par: iro, between the canal and the eastern wall. It is not point- of the compass, but midway between them. The horizontal hue of ih, g is the old High Street of Cairo, and runs from ii .,), m I south-westerly direction till it joins the ne (angled M I . Moham front of the citadel. It is railed in various [.arts of \ahhasin. tpersmith's Market; then the ( diun\eh, or Street of Sultan I the Sukkarlyeh, or Sugar Bazaar, and bo oa I he \| licular I the Musky, so called after its builder, the Emir M ind Saladi starts from the Ezbektyeh, in the European quarter, and i sireci in two and .m through th< wall at the B&b El Ghun nd thesi I thoroughfares which, crossing one another at righl ai form iJi- < n»v, oi tin- ■ old quarter of< airo, are I those endless bywa dtsne in which the Muslim population chiefly re unci that wildrti). shops where n the trade of the cit) i > trail As WC turn into one of the narrow lane, that intersect the Mohammad.\|\| we are struck, not only by the vivid i of ihe ireet scenes which n o often, but by the contrast between the noise awA the quiet and silence of the tall houses thai i • erhang it on • Of life; the doors are jealously closed, the windows shrouded l»y tllOSC b< HCtttM of like woodwork which delight the an I tempt ti If we enter one of th through the hem e which bs profane eyes of the passing throng, we shall find the inner '' deserted as the guarded windows which overlook tl t. We shall see nothin of the inhabitants ; for the women's apartments are carefully si from the << only the I rooms and groom's chambers and the I fti-puMfc Bpart cannot penetrate through the closed door which leads to the p nod ions and airy appearance of the interior court After tl quiet and ample space is very refreshing, and it is impossiU We ll,r ' ;:>! arch: m their success in meeting the requirements of Mohammadan buildi I y make Ac narrow and overshadowed by proji sun bwn b i ly for the wi< :>T>t. by K>le, met 3^-43 (Lmr'i " Foreign < of which -ft ?•«#■• ■» ptmd III th* pmm wm%.