PEOPLES AND PLACES OF NORTHERN AFRICA 



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A COMMON CARRIER IN EGYPT 



© Donald McLeish 



The donkeys of Egypt are patient playfellows, intelligent, long-suffering, and economical 

 of upkeep. In the cities it is only the natives who dangle their legs beside the animals flanks, 

 but in Upper Egypt the donkey is the tourist's first aid in transportation. 



