Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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"Khartoum, and the Blue and White Niles, Vol. 1 (of 2)" by George Melly is a travelogue written in the mid-19th century. Drawn from a family journal, it follows an English party as they journey from Alexandria and Cairo up the Nile toward Nubia and Khartoum, blending landscape description with close, often candid, observations of Egyptian society under the Pasha. Expect antiquities, river craft, court ritual, and everyday scenes—bazaars, baths, harems, slave markets, and local justice—filtered through the outlook of a curious Victorian traveler.
The opening of the narrative sets out the author’s purpose and party, then carries them from Trieste to Alexandria and on to Cairo, with first impressions of Pompey’s Pillar, Cleopatra’s Needles, crowded streets, and the Mahmoudieh Canal. Early canal travel brings a fierce sirocco, swarms of swimming boys, a striking mirage, and the first encounter with the Nile’s irrigation gear (sakieas and shadoofs), before a hot, cramped night among fellow
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