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Photograph of a native cow with a man standing next to it in Egypt in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of a native heifer standing in a paddock with a man holding its lead in [Egypt] in the early 20th century. It was the property of His Highness, the Khedive [Abbas II].

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Photograph of a paddle boat steamer moored at the side of a river with a small crew of men in the wheelhouse in [Egypt?] in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of Professor Wallace with standing next to a Welsh [Mountain?] and Border Leicester ram in Egypt in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of a road to the Pyramids in Egypt showing men with camels on a tree-lined dirt road with the Pyramids in the background in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of a small waterfall in Feyoum, Egypt that is was used for power and irrigation in the late 19th and early 20th century.

Scope and Contents Story about An Carra Bhoradh collected from Don M Phie [Donald MacPhee], blacksmith, Breuvaig [Brèibhig/Breivig, Barraigh/Isle of Barra]. The stone [An Carra Bhoradh] is described as having been used as a brangas and its dimensions noted. MacPhee tells how iron was put through the hole in the stone and then around the neck of the 'delinquents'. The last woman to be put in the brangas was Mairi Thaillear [Nic an t-Saoir] [Mary MacIntyre] from Allasdale [Allathasdal] because she had stolen...

Scope and Contents Story about Dearg which gives rise to the origin of 'lamh dhearg nan Donllach' [the red hand of the MacDonalds] and the MacDonald's moniker as 'siol Chuinn'. The story tells how Dearg, a Fenian warrior, has two children a strong, handsome son and a beautiful girl. He encounters a young woman and asks her if she will marry his son. She reluctantly agrees but when she sees how big and strong he is and realises that he has still to grow and will become bigger and stronger she is afraid and runs...

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Story about how news of the Battle of Omdurman and Second Battle of Cawnpore, India, was disseminated collected from Mr Urquhart of Faithir Mhor Gearrloch [Am Faithir Mòr/Firemore, Geàrr Loch/Gairloch, Ros is Cromba/Ross and Cromarty]. He states that the Battle of Omdurman, Sudan, was heard about in Cairo, Egypt 'before it was known by the telegraph fifteen miles away'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

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Photograph of part of a temple in Egypt [possibly Edfu, Luxor or Karnak] in the early 20th century.