. Sei e uno all'estero. e al contrario in deroga. Le piramidi non-, segno, le piramidi (poco p) ofEgypt, per l'Egitto ha forse un centinaio di piramidi-ma thePjramids capitale (P) del Cairo, Avhich sono pre-eminenti lungoil tutta la tribù di piramidi egizie, sono situate sei milesfrom la città del Cairo sul lato ovest del fiume, un finepaved strada che conduce a loro dal ponte sotto la inter-rami di bloccaggio di crooked-trunked, angolare-limbed alberi tuttele modo. Un auto elettrica linea offre un percorso opzionale. Ora un auto elettrica e l AVAS Pvramids un anacronismo 160 sei e uno all'estero

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. Six and one abroad. e to the contrary notwithstanding. The Pyramids—not, mark you, the pyramids (little p) ofEgypt, for Egypt has perhaps a hundred pyramids—but thePjramids (capital P) of Cairo, Avhich are pre-eminent overthe whole tribe of Egyptian pyramids, are situated six milesfrom the city of Cairo on the west side of the river, a finepaved road leading to them from the Bridge under the inter-locking branches of crooked-trunked, angular-limbed trees allthe way. An electric car line offers an optional route. Now an electric car and the Pvramids Avas an anachronism 160 Six and One Abroad not to be tolerated and we scorned the impertinent trolleyfor a carriage of ancient vintage and driver of Ethiopian de-scent. On and near the Bridge we met numbers of camels ontlieir way to the market from the green fields of the valleywith burdens of alfalfa so large that they obscured all theanimal but the ugly lower joints, ungainly head and rubberneck.Through the foliage as we progressed, the immense triangles. AN ALFALFA TRANSPORT COMING INTO CAIRO. grew upon the view, more and more, until at the edge of thesand where the Sahara rises for its stupendous sweep to theAtlantic they towered in majesty and grace up to the veryburning dome of the sky, two of them the ancient originalcouple and the third so small that it looked like a sprout thatmight have sprung up in later years from the union of thefirst primeval pair. The ascent to their bases was too steep for the carriages tonegotiate or else the fee we had paid was not steep enoughto prolong the ride that far. At any rate, we did not care, and The Worlds Greatest Woyider 161 leaping from the earriage, we ran, almost consumed with in-terest, along the spiral sandy course, lighting our way throughwhite-gowned guides who besought us for employment. Ah, what a tremendous structure is old Cheops; Thirteenacres of rock his great base, his summit 480 feet above theground, and that, too, with forty feet of his original top mis

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