C. Fisher Diary, p.015

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Saturday, December 19, 1914 - Tuesday, January 12, 1915 (continued)

…distance from Simbellawin, which in turn is a town not far from Mansourah, where Mr. Edgar lives. The other is a large group of mounds near Dessuk in the northwestern part of the Delta. Mr. Edgar very kindly invited me to come down to Mansourah some day and we would run over and see Simbellawin.
Dr. Reisner has been working in his old area among the large mastabas just behind the Cheops pyramid. Mr. Story arrived from the Boston Museum on the evening of Jan. 6th to assist him in his work.

Wednesday, January 13, 1915

I decided to make a visit to Mausourah and left Cairo this morning, having sent a wire to Mr. Edgar that I was coming. Took the Alexandria Express as far as Tanta, and then the local to Mansourah, where I arrived about the middle of the afternoon. Mr. Edgar met me at the station and took me to his house; he is alone now, his wife and children being in England, so he was able to accommodate me. Then as he had some official work to attend to I took a walk about the town and along the bank of the river.

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