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964 and a Bit Miles up the Nile

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

As  Amelia Edwards disarmingly remarks in the preface to A Thousand Miles up the Nile, ‘it may be objected that the distance from the port of Alexandria to the Second Cataract falls short of a thousand miles.  But from the … Continue reading →

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