Nabul Our Little Egyptian Cousin

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  Our Little Egyptian Cousin

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  =Our Little African Cousin= =Our Little Alaskan Cousin= By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet =Our Little Arabian Cousin= By Blanche McManus =Our Little Armenian Cousin= =Our Little Australian Cousin= By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet =Our Little Brazilian Cousin= By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet =Our Little Brown Cousin= =Our Little Canadian Cousin= By Elizabeth R. MacDonald =Our Little Chinese Cousin= By Isaac Taylor Headland =Our Little Cuban Cousin= =Our Little Dutch Cousin= By Blanche McManus =Our Little Egyptian Cousin= By Blanche McManus =Our Little English Cousin= By Blanche McManus =Our Little Eskimo Cousin= =Our Little French Cousin= By Blanche McManus =Our Little German Cousin= =Our Little Greek Cousin= By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet =Our Little Hawaiian Cousin= =Our Little Hindu Cousin= By Blanche McManus =Our Little Hungarian Cousin= By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet =Our Little Indian Cousin= =Our Little Irish Cousin= =Our Little Italian Cousin= =Our Little Japanese Cousin= =Our Little Jewish Cousin= =Our Little Korean Cousin= By H. Lee M. Pike =Our Little Mexican Cousin= By Edward C. Butler =Our Little Norwegian Cousin= =Our Little Panama Cousin= By H. Lee M. Pike =Our Little Persian Cousin= By E. C. Shedd =Our Little Philippine Cousin= =Our Little Porto Rican Cousin= =Our Little Russian Cousin= =Our Little Scotch Cousin= By Blanche McManus =Our Little Siamese Cousin= =Our Little Spanish Cousin= By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet =Our Little Swedish Cousin= By Claire M. Coburn =Our Little Swiss Cousin= =Our Little Turkish Cousin=

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  NABUL AND HIS DONKEY. (_See page 2_)]

  NABUL

  Our Little Egyptian Cousin

  By Blanche McManus

  _Author of "Our Little English Cousin," "Our Little Arabian Cousin," "Our Little Dutch Cousin," etc._

  _Illustrated by_ The Author

  Boston L. C. Page & Company _MDCCCCVIII_

  _Copyright, 1908_ BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY

  (INCORPORATED)

  _Entered at Stationers' Hall, London_

  _All rights reserved_

  First Impression, July, 1908 Second Impression, October, 1909

  Preface

  OUR little Egyptian cousins are the descendants of one of the mostancient races on earth, but they are very wide-awake to-day in moreways than one.

  Little Egyptian boys and girls are as keen and bright as their cousinsof any land, and though their religion is that of Mohammed, the same asof our little Arabian cousins, their principles are most upright andcorrect.

  Of recent years many, many thousands of little American and Englishcousins have visited the banks of the Nile, and frequent intercoursewith strangers has given our little Egyptian cousins a very broad andintelligent outlook on life.

  They have learned scraps of English, and indeed French and German too,almost unconsciously, and if the donkey boys of Cairo and the othergreat tourist resorts are keen little fellows in their efforts to getcoins from strangers, they are equally desirous of pleasing and givegood value for their money.

  The Egyptians of to-day are a cleanly, progressive people, and ifthey prefer donkey or camel back in preference to automobiles andrailways as a means of travel it is because their country is not as yetdeveloped to its full possibilities.

  Some day things will be different, for the railway on land, steamboatson the Nile, and electric cars running from Cairo to the Great Pyramidsare bound to somewhat change things.

  It is safe to say, however, that for long years to come little Americancousins visiting Egypt will look upon riding donkeys and camels andsailing upon the queer dahabeahs on the Nile as one of the pleasantestrecollections of this old historic land. If, too, they can make suchwarm friends of their little Egyptian cousins as did George and hisuncle Ben the people of modern Egypt will remain ever in their heartsas the kindest, most likable of folk.

  ALEXANDRIA, _January, 1908_.

  Contents

  CHAPTER PAGE I. NABUL AND HIS LITTLE WHITE DONKEY 1 II. A DONKEY RIDE AROUND CAIRO 27 III. THE BOYS CLIMB THE PYRAMIDS 51 IV. BEN HASSAN'S DAHABEAH 71 V. AN EGYPTIAN FARM 102