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[[in red]] Nubia [[/in red]]
who is custodian of the temple also some arab girls with plaited hair. Man with green chamaleon. At [[red underline]] Dar [[/red underline]] photo of landing; ditto from bow of Cook's boat. Pretty good steady breeze today yet not too strong! Have seen nowhere in the Nile any derelects or sunken boats or snags [[strikethrough]] or [[/strikethrough]] Water clear everywhere. This Nile would make an ideal cruising [[strikethrough]] place [[/strikethrough]] excursion. Dragoman told me a good [[red underline]] Sail-Dahabeesh for 4-6 [[red underline]] passengers is rented out as follows:
[[underline]] One month [[/underline]] Boat in commission (no food nor crew) [[strikethrough]] $750 [[/strikethrough]] $250
Crew & supplies $500
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$750
Past [[red underline]] Dar [[/red underline]] more and more [[red underline]] water-wheels with earthenware jars [[/red underline]] and their singing creaking
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[[in red ]] Nile [[underline]] Abu-Simbel [[/underline]] [[/in red]]
noise. Green picturesque villages tilled lands and date trees black robes, dart skinned women happy children, goats, lambs etc. Later climbed [[red underline]] Kashr Ibrim [[/red underline]] the ruins of an old Roman fort in beautiful view over [[red underline]] Nile Valley [[/red underline]] and sunset.
Feb. 28. Boat left after sunrise. In morning crew singing and dancing their monotonous melodies. Two of them beating [[red underline]] tom toms [[/red underline]] made of a hollow terra cotta cone on [[drawing]] which is sketched a skin which they beat with the fingers of both hands [[drawing of drum]] Before lunch we tied up at [[red underline]] Abu-Simbel. [[/red underline]] Impressive entrance of temple built in the rock (See Baedeker.) Guide says that 10 years ago Nile came quite closeTranscription Notes:
Kashr Ibrim is most likely Kasr Ibrim
