Diary of Oberlin Herbert Gray, January to May 1915 - Part 5

Oases Fay own & Kargch
Helonan & Heliopolis artificial
Nubia. Domestic servants in Cairo
& Alexandria come from here
Nile originates in Central African
Lakes 4000 m long - source of
prosperity - rivulets from Abyssinian Mts 
Rising of Nile is great cause of 
anxiety - Nilometores watched?
carefully - banks strengthened
Museum adjoins Kasr el Nil Barrack
closed Fridays - 3 PT. admit.
Mokattan Hills - Sth & East of Cairo
very steep in places
Mosques pay 2 P.T. Mohamed Ali
Sultan Hassan & Al0Azhar in
citadel direction.
Memphis great city on Nile 15 m.
Sth of Cairo - Statue of Ramses 11
very pretty. palm groves.
Mena first Kin g in Egypt.
Mashrabeah ÷ quaint Arab woodwork
Mingled with Mother of Pearl -
very elaborate when good.
Mamelukes ruled Egypt AD 1260
until Egypt was conq. by Turks
1515 - Tombs SE of Citadel
Lotteries Cairo infested by Jews selling
tickets for various charities
Luxor 418 . S of Cairo Temple -
ruins of Karnaks temples
Thebes - Colossi etc.
Koubbeh suburb of Cairo - Khedivi
has his fav house (his home)
Karrak I'm from Luxor - mass of
wonderful temples - Hall of Columns
Khalip MOhamed rulers of Egypt
AD 640 to 1260 Mamelukes
Saladin most famous - Rich of Eng
fought in Palestine - Tombs beyond
Mouski outside City.
Irrigation supervised by Public
Works Dept - Country is
divided into districts - Building
of Dams & new canals greatly
increased arable land. Egypt
is covered by network of canals
ditches & little canals - convey
water to every pt - Sheddufs
pole weighted at one end & bucket
at oher raising water & 
Sikheers-  water wheels worked
by oxen -
Isis  Goddess worshiped at Philae
Horus sun god - at Edfon
Holy carpet (Mahmat) made in
various pts of Egypt & Sent to Mecca
under military escort early in Dec
a state Ceremony - H H Khidwe
leads the camel bearing carpet
round citadel Square.
 

Women: The Moslems-allowed 4 wives
 & doesn't often avail himself of privilege
women are inferior in eyes of men
& treated as such-More freedom coming
Weddings are made subject of great
rejoicing - Procession parades streets with
noisy music & then feast. Bride
& groom meet for first time -
Water Cairo is supplied from Artesian
Wells at Rod el Faraq - Nth of City-
Drs denounce it - also used from Kile
Virgins Tree at Mataria - rested beneath
Trees in Cairo avenues are lebeck
Suez canal is said to have existed in
Egypt of the past - it was complet.
in 1869 by Ferd. de Lesseps - by
chiefly forced labor - 100 miles
long - cost L E 17.500 500 & Keheivc
Ismail wasted 4 mills. o opening fest.
Beaconsfield purchased 4 mill of shay
no work 32 mill - 12 mill pd Int etc
Suburbs best are Heliopolis Zeitaion
Koubbeh Mataria Heloonan
Meadi
Sphinx ¼ m beyond great Pyramid
BC2300? said to represent
Horus & Annenammhat 111 -
Sirdar is thel Gov Gen of Sudan = Comm
in chief of British Army
Egypt
Sir Frab Wingate succeeded
Kitchener in 1901.
Sakkarah. 15 m S of Cairo - celebrated 
 for Step. Pyramid Serapiuim
 & tombs with ancient scenes on -
Seti 1 was a warlike King of 19 dynasty
Roda, is an Is off old Cairo crossed by 2
bridges - Moses was found in Outbushes
off Roda? An Ancient Nilometer on the IIs
Religion 92% Moslems- 6% Copts (chio)
Ramasluin at Thebes-built by
Rameses 11  badly dam. by earthquake 
100s of ys ago -
Rameses 12 Kings of this nane between
19x20 dynasties Rames 11
(?) was Pharaoh, drowned in Red  Sea
His Mummy is in Cairo Museum
He built best & greatest of Temples
Mena House Hotel at foot of
Pyramids - fine - 180 rooms-
baths - tennis - library

Postal GPO is SE of E Eskekia Gardens
3 m - Gt Brit 5 m. pcs 2 m. Brit 4m
Population 11,350,000
Philae 1m. Sth of Assonan Dam Very
beautiful - several temples
Petrified Forest past Napoleons Fort
on Mokattam Hills
Osiris a god of dead worshipped
at Abydos
Ostrich Farm at Mataria
Petroleum Oil found on shores
of Red Sea
 

Hussein Ramel
Mechanicul
Engimeer
Alexandria 
Egypt
[* Arabic notation*]
In the School
Salih Barsoum
The Secondary
School.
At Home
Salih Barsoum
Sheblanga
 

Our little systems have their day 
They have their day & cease to be 
We are but broken lights of thee
and show O Lord art more than they
Tennyson "In Memoriam"
I will not wish thee grandeur,
I will not wish thee wealth;
Only a contented mind,
Peace, Happiness, and Health;
Kind friends to love thee dearly,
And honest friends to chide &
And faithful ones to cleave to thee,
Whatever may betide.

Dawn is fair because the mists
fade slowly into day
which floods the world with light
& beauty
Twilights mystery is sweet & holy
Just! because it ends in starry night

Help the weak if you are strong
love the old if you are young
Own your fault if you are wrong
And when you're angry hold
your tongue
Mohamed Aly Azab
in Kalil Ihaga school
at Seka. El. Gedeada
street in3rdyear le
Mohamed Aly Azab
in b  Bals. El. Sharia
street Haret. El
Tammer house
No7
[*Arabic notations*]