ILLUSTRATIONS.
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THE HEAD OF WADY GATÂR Frontispiece
I. IN THE DESERT. THE AUTHOR IS SEEN ON THE NEAR CAMEL 10
ON THE EDGE OF THE EASTERN DESERT 10
II. DESERT VEGETATION. THE COLOQUINTIDA PLANT 16
A NEAR VIEW OF THE COLOQUINTIDA PLANT. PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE WADY ABÂD 16
III. ONE OF THE RIDING CAMELS 20
ONE OF THE CAMELS 20
IV. MARKS AND INSCRIPTIONS ON ROCKS 30
V. UNDER THE TAMARISKS OF THE OASIS OF LAGÊTA 36
BIR HAMMAMÂT, LOOKING SOUTH 36
VI. CARTOUCHES OF SETY II. ON THE ROCKS BETWEEN BIR HAMMAMÂT AND WADY FOWAKHÎEH 40
INSCRIPTIONS ON THE ROCKS BETWEEN BIR HAMMAMÂT AND WADY FOWAKHÎEH 40
VII. INSCRIPTIONS AND MARKS 46
VIII. THE CAMP IN WADY FOWAKHÎEH, LOOKING DOWN FROM THE HILLS ON THE NORTH SIDE. THE CAMEL TRACKS ARE SEEN PASSING ALONG THE VALLEY 50
WADY FOWAKHÎEH, LOOKING EAST. THE CAMEL TRACKS WILL BE NOTICED AGAIN 50
IX. ABANDONED SARCOPHAGUS ON THE HILLSIDE IN WADY FOWAKHÎEH 54
A TYPICAL VALLEY NEAR WADY FOWAKHÎEH 54
X. ROCK INSCRIPTIONS AT WADY FOWAKHÎEH AND KOSSAIR 60
XI. BIR ES SID, THE WELL AT THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE RED SEA HIGHROAD 66
THE ROMAN FORTRESS OF ABU ZERAH, LOOKING SOUTH-EAST 66
XII. DESERT PANORAMA FROM A HILL-TOP TWO HOURS’ RIDE EAST OF BIR ES SID, LOOKING EAST. THE ROAD IS SEEN PASSING TO NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS HILL AND JOINING UP FURTHER TO THE EAST 74
XIII. KOSSAIR. ARABIAN BOATS ON THE BEACH 80
A STREET IN KOSSAIR 80
XIV. THE INTERIOR OF THE MOSQUE AT KOSSAIR 86
THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE FORTRESS AT KOSSAIR 86
XV. THE START FROM KENEH. NATIVE POLICE LOADING THE CAMELS 90
MIDDAY REST AT EL GHAITEH. CAMELS FEEDING FROM THE BUSHES 90
XVI. THE ROMAN STATION AT EL GHAITEH, LOOKING DOWN FROM THE OFFICERS’ QUARTERS ON THE HILL. A DRY RIVER-BED BORDERED BY BUSHES RUNS ACROSS THE PLAIN 96
A TANK FOR STORING WATER INSIDE THE STATION OF EL GHAITEH 96
XVII. THE EXCAVATION INSIDE THE ENCLOSURE OF EL SARGIEH 104
THE ROMAN STATION AT EL GREIYEH. THE ANIMAL LINES. THE BRICK PILLARS SUPPORTED THE ROOF UNDER WHICH WERE THE NIGHT-STALLS 104
XVIII. GRANITE HILLS TO THE SOUTH OF WADY BILEH. THE GEBEL DUKHÂN RANGE IS TO THE NORTH OF THIS WADY 108
RUINS OF THE ROMAN TEMPLE AT GEBEL DUKHÂN, SHOWING THE HILLSIDE FROM WHICH THE PORPHYRY WAS TAKEN 108
XIX. THE RUINS OF THE TOWN OF GEBEL DUKHÂN. THE UPRIGHT PILLARS OF GRANITE SUPPORTED A ROOF 114
THE ROMAN TOWN OF MONS CLAUDIANUS, LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE CAUSEWAY LEADING TO THE MAIN QUARRY. THE ROUND PILES OF STONE IN THE FOREGROUND ARE BUILT AT INTERVALS ALONG THE CAUSEWAY 114
XX. MONS CLAUDIANUS. THE TOWN 120
MONS CLAUDIANUS. CHAMBERS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FORECOURT OF THE TEMPLE. THE THRESHOLD AND BASE OF A COLUMN OF THE GRANITE PORTICO ARE SEEN ON THE RIGHT 120
XXI. MONS CLAUDIANUS. EAST END OF THE TEMPLE 124
MONS CLAUDIANUS, LOOKING OVER THE TOWN TO THE TEMPLE ON THE HILLSIDE 124
XXII. MONS CLAUDIANUS. DOORWAY LEADING FROM THE HALL OF THE BATH-HOUSE INTO THE ROOM IN WHICH WAS THE PLUNGE-BATH. ORIGINALLY THE WALLS WERE PLASTERED 128
MONS CLAUDIANUS. PEDESTAL OF THE ALTAR IN THE FORECOURT OF THE TEMPLE. THE ALTAR ITSELF IS SEEN BROKEN IN THE FOREGROUND 128
XXIII. MONS CLAUDIANUS. THE FIRST HEATED ROOM OF THE BATH-HOUSE. THE DOORWAY ON THE LEFT LEADS INTO THE WARMER ROOM. THE PERPENDICULAR CUT IN THE LEFT WALL NEAR THE CORNER IS ONE OF THE RECESSES IN WHICH THE HOT-AIR PIPES WERE FIXED 132
MONS CLAUDIANUS. THE SAME DOORWAY—NEARER VIEW 132
XXIV. MONS CLAUDIANUS. A LARGE GRANITE COLUMN LYING TO THE NORTH-EAST OF THE TOWN. THE BACK WALL OF THE TOWN IS SEEN BEHIND THE COLUMN, ABOVE WHICH THE TEMPLE BUILDINGS ARE SEEN AT THE FOOT OF THE GRANITE HILLS 138
MONS CLAUDIANUS. LARGE GRANITE COLUMNS LYING AT THE FOOT OF A QUARRY WEST OF THE TOWN 138
XXV. THE ROMAN STATION OF ABU GEHÂD. SOME OF THE ROOMS AS SEEN FROM THE COURT, LOOKING WEST 142
FRONT VIEW OF THE TEMPLE OF WADY ABÂD 142
XXVI. THE TEMPLE OF WADY ABÂD. THE EAST END OF THE PORTICO. THE SQUARE PILLAR WAS BUILT IN GRÆCO-ROMAN TIMES TO SUPPORT THE BROKEN ARCHITRAVE 146
THE TEMPLE OF WADY ABÂD. THE EAST WALL OF THE PORTICO. THE KING IS SEEN SMITING A GROUP OF NEGROES 146
XXVII. THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE ROMAN STATION OF WADY ABÂD, LOOKING WEST FROM INSIDE THE ENCLOSURE 150
THE PILES OF STONE ERECTED OPPOSITE THE TEMPLE OF WADY ABÂD 150
XXVIII. INSCRIPTIONS AND DRAWINGS IN AND NEAR THE TEMPLE OF WADY ABÂD 154
XXIX. ARCHAIC DRAWINGS OF SACRED BOATS ON ROCKS NEAR TEMPLE OF WADY ABÂD 156
XXX. ARCHAIC DRAWINGS OF SACRED BOATS, ANIMALS, ETC., ON ROCKS NEAR TEMPLE OF WADY ABÂD 162
XXXI. GREEK INSCRIPTION RELATING TO AN ELEPHANT HUNT. ON A ROCK TO THE EAST OF THE TEMPLE OF WADY ABÂD 166
SKETCH-PLAN OF THE TEMPLE OF WADY ABÂD 166
XXXII. THE INSCRIBED ROCK, FROM THE NORTH-WEST 174
THE INSCRIBED ROCK, FROM THE SOUTH-WEST 174
XXXIII. THE ELEPHANTINE ROAD, LOOKING ALONG IT TOWARDS ASWÂN 184
VIEW OF THE ISLANDS IN THE RIVER, ETC., FROM NEAR THE INSCRIBED ROCK AT THE HEAD OF THE ELEPHANTINE ROAD 184
Travels in the Upper Egyptian Deserts.
