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Show The Nile S-lpped of Romance. Capt. E. S. Grogan, author of "Tho Nile as I Saw It," gives this description descrip-tion of a bit of cenery near the headwaters head-waters of tho ii.er of E ;pt: "A long, slimy pool of r-itrefylng reeds, whero 0 foul fish foregather and reat pythons writhe and gorge themselves on hideous hide-ous toada and slither, long, gleaming bands of gold, through labyrinths of foetid green and purplo spume; whero Jt the fireflies dance, great butterflies flash, dragon-flies glint, and the suck-suck suck-suck of swamp, tho roar of huge-bellied frogs, the cicada's scream, mergo , in a sad minor key; where In the ceaseless struggle between fruition and decay, death wins." |