Wanderings in Bible lands- notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine (1894) (14784117542)

Identifier: wanderingsinbibl00mill (find matches)
Title: Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Miller, D(aniel) L(ong), 1841- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Mount Morris, Ill., The Brethren's publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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to knowthat there are some among us who will not bow to the com-mands of the tyrant fashion, some who think for them-selves, and have independence of character enough to actfor themselves. Crocodiles are still to be seen between the first and sec-ond cataracts; but since the introduction of steamboats be-tween Philae and Wady Haifa they are becoming quite rareindeed. We see several on our voyage up the river. Seenin the distance, they resemble a log of the palm tree morethan anything else. As the steamer approaches them theyslide down the muddy bank and disappear beneath the wa-ter. In ancient times these huge animals abounded in thewaters of the Nile and such were their size and strengththat many of the natives were destroyed by them. The an-cient Egyptians worshiped the crocodile, and these danger-ous and voracious monsters were carefully fed and tendedin Lak Moeris, and held to be sacred by the people. Whenthey died their bodies were carefully embalmed and laidaway in costly tombs.
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