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[[top margin in red]] Nile Mocombe Asswan [[/top margin]]
of water wheel hosting stone pots on a string as a string of beads. One man building the hull of a small felluca, modern shape about [[strikethrough]] + length + [[/strikethrough]] length a.a = 3½ beams and center board all shaped very much as hull of Ion.
Then ahead again. A few more transfer on flats. Then [[strikethrough]] finally [[/strikethrough]] landed at [[red underline]] Mocombo [[/red underline]] old ruin in good condition. Temple of the [[red underline]] Crocodile-god. [[/red underline]] Then ahead to [[red underline]] Asswan. [[/red underline]] Arrived [[strikethrough]] there afterno [[/strikethrough]] there evening late and awoke next morning while we were tied up along 3 other tourist steamers. 
Feb 25. Could not get nearer town because water was too low.
Got to [[red underline]] Asswan [[/red underline]] by means of sailboats. Visited [[red underline]] Elephantine Island [[/red underline]] and ruins (See
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[[annotation in top margin written in red]] [[red underline]] Asswan [[/red underline]] - Sailing [[/annotation in red]]
Baedeker.) Then visit [[red underline]] to Asswan [[red underline]] A much smaller and quieter town than Luxor. [[red underline]] Splendid climate. Nubian [[/red underline]] type and [[red underline]] Sudanese [[/red underline]] very apparent. Bazar street 
Some old [[strikethrough]] among [[/strikethrough]] Persian and Assyrian [[wares?]] etc. [[red underline]] Cataract hotel [[/red underline]] well situated.
[[red underline]] Sailed a sailboat myself back to the ship. [[/red underline]] Afternoon went out till evening [[red underline]] in a sailboat 
lugsail with boom, trimmed rather high. Centerboard. Two Nubian Sailors. [[/red underline]] went sailing fair breeze to [[strikethrough]] Assw [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Asswan dam [[/red underline]] rounding rocks of Granite and ditto Islands. Then came back [[red underline]] tacking [[/red underline]] (See photos) [[red underline]] Sail quite close to the wind. I held sheet and rudder. Nubian [[/red underline]] indicating intricate course between granite rocks. there was formerly

Transcription Notes:
Though Baekeland talks about a town of Mocombo, I found the crocodile god temple is in a town called Kom Ombo.