文档介绍：DOWN THE NILE
DOWN THE NILE
Alone in a Fisherman’s Skiff
ROSEMARY MAHONEY
LITTLE, BROWN PANY
NEW YORK BOSTON LONDON
Copyright © 2007 by Rosemary Mahoney
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First eBook Edition: July 2007
To protect the privacy of individuals, some of the names used in this book
have been changed.
Excerpts from Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour, by Gustave Flaubert,
translated by Francis Steegmuller, are reprinted with permission of McIntosh & Otis,
Inc. Copyright © 1972 by Francis Steegmuller.
Excerpts from Letters from Egypt: A Journey on the Nile, 1849–1850 (Grove Press,
1988) by Florence Nightingale courtesy Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0-316- 00729-3
1. Nile River — Description and travel. 2. Egypt — Description and travel.
I. Title.
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FOR MADELEINE STEIN
CONTENTS
The River That Flows the Wrong Way 3
Aswan 21
The First Small Boat in Egypt 49
The Cataract Islands 67
At Elephantine 88
Hoda and the Women 103
Not Floating but Flying 118
Maritime Etiquette 136
A Night at Silwa 160
Luxor 180
A Boat of My Own 194
Alone 214
Fear Afl oat 234
Bibliography 271
Ac knowledg ments 275
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A Year in China
Whoredom in Kimmage
The World of Irish Women
A Likely Story
One Summer with Lillian Hellman
The Singular Pilgrim
Travels on Sacred Ground