For one who has the leisure the best scheme is to take one of Cook's express boats and make the round trip to assouan from Cairo.
"The Critic in the Orient"
George Hamlin Fitch
Lord Elgin's despatch from Constantinople, January 15th, 1803, states that he had induced the Porte to allow the Mamelukes to hold the province of assouan.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
With these people I crossed the desert to assouan in safety, a journey of many weeks, where I left them encamped about sixteen days ago, bidding them await my return.
"Queen Sheba's Ring"
H. Rider Haggard