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ALONG THE ROAD FROM CAIRO TO ISMAILIA. THE ROAD RUNS PARALLEL TO THE CANAL AND PASSES THROUGH NUMEROUS SMALL VILLAGES THAT SEEM TO ACT IN THE SAME RELATIONSHIP AS STATIONS DO TO A RAILWAY TRACK. THE ONLY FERTILE GROUND VISIBLE IS THAT WHICH BOUNDS THESE CANALS WHERE SMALL FLOCKS OF GOATS GRAZE. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).
CAIRO-HELOUAN ROAD - THE SEEMING HALL-MARK OF WEALTH AMONG THE RURAL POPULATION OF EGYPT - SMALL FLOCKS OF GOATS OR SHEEP, SELDOM SEEN WITHOUT THEIR ATTENDANT SMALL BOY OR NATIVE WOMEN. THESE ANIMALS
BETHPAGE - WOMEN OF THE VILLAGE OF TUA COME TO A WELL ON THE SLOPES OF THE MT. OF OLIVES. IN FOREGROUND IS THE STONE TROUGH THAT IS USUALLY KEPT FOR FLOCKS THAT WANDER ON THESE SPARSE SLOPES. THE LIVE
EGYPT - THE ROAD RUNS BESIDE THE CANAL FROM CAIRO TO ISMALIA BUT IT IS ONLY THE WEALTHY & THE MILITARY WHO CAN AFFORD TO RUN CARS. THE MEN OF THE VILLAGES LIVE BY THE NILE & ITS CANALS & THE STATELY F
ALONG THE BANKS OF THE CANAL THAT RUNS FROM CAIRO TO ISMAILIA. WE OFTEN THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GLIDE LAZILY DOWN THE CANAL ON ONE OF THESE FELUCCAS UNTIL WE SAW THE BOYS PULLING THEM ALONG AGAI
EL KANTARA-ISMALIA ROAD - THE NARROW STRIP OF LAND BETWEEN NILE AND THE SUEZ IS LACED WITH SMALLER CANALS & IRRIGATION WATERWAYS UPON WHICH ARE ALWAYS TO BE SEEN THE PICTURESQUE OLD FELUCCAS THAT MOVE
THE VILLAGE OF HATCHITT IN THE LEBANON MOUNTAINS, ANOTHER FAIRLY TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF THE NUMEROUS VILLAGES THAT CLING TO THE SIDE OF THESE MOUNTAINS AND GIVE A PICTURESQUE INTEREST TO THE GENERAL LANDS
