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RETURN FROM UPPER EGYPT.
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to exert his authority in preventing the further destruc-
tion of the ruins and tomhs. He promised to do so; but
of course I did not much rely upon the professions of
an Arab. A fine young crocodile, about fourteen inches
long, was offered for sale, which had been caught when
asleep upon a sand-bank; but as there was little chance
of its living, I did not buy it.
5th. — Thermometer 65°. I again went to the tem-
ples of Luxor, and of Karnac, and returning to Gournou
in the afternoon, I rode to the Memnonium. In the
evening I called upon Lord Lindsay, and Mr. Ramsay,
who had arrived from Cairo, and we agreed to visit the
ruins on the following day. A letter from that place
informed me that M. Caviglia had at last received a
firmaun, but that on account of some informality it
had been returned, and that another was expected.
6th. — Thermometer 53°. I set out by myself early
in the morning, and afterwards examined the sculptures at
Medinet-Abou, Deir Abou Negger, Biban-El-Moluc, and
various other tombs, &c. with Lord Lindsay and Mr. Ram-
say. I sailed in the evening, with much regret that I had
not leisure to see more of this wonderful place.
The weather was at times comparatively cold, as may
be seen by the variations of the thermometer.
8///. — I did not land at Cous (Apollinopolis Parva),
nor at Coft (Coptos), four miles distant from the river
on the eastern shore, as scarcely any remains now exist
at either of these places; but proceeded to Kenneh, and
visited the well-known temples of Tentyra (Dendera).
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to exert his authority in preventing the further destruc-
tion of the ruins and tomhs. He promised to do so; but
of course I did not much rely upon the professions of
an Arab. A fine young crocodile, about fourteen inches
long, was offered for sale, which had been caught when
asleep upon a sand-bank; but as there was little chance
of its living, I did not buy it.
5th. — Thermometer 65°. I again went to the tem-
ples of Luxor, and of Karnac, and returning to Gournou
in the afternoon, I rode to the Memnonium. In the
evening I called upon Lord Lindsay, and Mr. Ramsay,
who had arrived from Cairo, and we agreed to visit the
ruins on the following day. A letter from that place
informed me that M. Caviglia had at last received a
firmaun, but that on account of some informality it
had been returned, and that another was expected.
6th. — Thermometer 53°. I set out by myself early
in the morning, and afterwards examined the sculptures at
Medinet-Abou, Deir Abou Negger, Biban-El-Moluc, and
various other tombs, &c. with Lord Lindsay and Mr. Ram-
say. I sailed in the evening, with much regret that I had
not leisure to see more of this wonderful place.
The weather was at times comparatively cold, as may
be seen by the variations of the thermometer.
8///. — I did not land at Cous (Apollinopolis Parva),
nor at Coft (Coptos), four miles distant from the river
on the eastern shore, as scarcely any remains now exist
at either of these places; but proceeded to Kenneh, and
visited the well-known temples of Tentyra (Dendera).
VOL. I. H