Notes of a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land (Classic Reprint)

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Which might excite the cupidity of neighbouring hordes, and bring destruction upon all of us. The traveller need take no account of such silly stories; danger there may be for those who go off the beaten track, but no inexperienced person should do this without a perfectly reliable drago man. I am, of course, not writing for those who have a real knowledge of the country. With regard to the means of getting to Pales tine, the most usual route is that by Brindisi, from which the Austrian Lloyd steamers go once a-week to Alexandria, Port Said, J affa, &c., and the P. 0. Ships weekly for Port Said, and fortnightly for Alexandria. The journey from Brindisi to Alexandria occupies about three days. A pleasant little tour in Egypt can be made in the few days elapsing between the arrival of one steamer at Alexandria and the starting of the next one from Port Said. This will give time for a glance at Cairo, the Pyra mids of Gizeh - which are disappointing - and the Sphinx - which is not. Of course, it is by no means fair to Egypt to try and see it in this way; but it is hardly a chance to be missed, and as there is no time to make one's way as.

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