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OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII.
lations in native boats, that could not otherwise be carried
on. A practice, which, besides giving just cause of com-
plaint to the government, exposes the flag to disgrace,
from the misconduct of the Arabs who sail under it.
14th. — Thermometer early in the morning 49°,
afterwards 56°. I arrived at Manfaloot, situated on a
high bank on the western shore, which is gradually
undermined, and carried away by the stream. The
changes that take place in the channel of the river,
together with the progress of the desert sands, increase
greatly the difficulties, that on other accounts exist in
ascertaining the position of antient cities. As I could not
obtain horses to examine the bank opposite to the town,
I proceeded to El Karib, the supposed site of Hieracon,
situated at the back of the cliffs of Djebel Abou Faydee.
The ruins, consisting of walls and of foundations built
of small unburnt bricks, are on one side of a valley;
and on the other several caverns have been exca-
vated, in which mummies of dogs, and cats are said
to have been found. They were, however, completely
-1-1 closed up with
sand. I found
ST] in the adjoining
__J quai'ries a tablet
ofhieroglyphics,
some Egyptian
sculpture, and a
Greek inscrip-
tion, but they
were much effaced ; and also some curious diagrams drawn
in red lines, and apparently intended as marks for hewing
the stone. I observed likewise some antient remains near
OPERATIONS CARRIED ON AT GIZEII.
lations in native boats, that could not otherwise be carried
on. A practice, which, besides giving just cause of com-
plaint to the government, exposes the flag to disgrace,
from the misconduct of the Arabs who sail under it.
14th. — Thermometer early in the morning 49°,
afterwards 56°. I arrived at Manfaloot, situated on a
high bank on the western shore, which is gradually
undermined, and carried away by the stream. The
changes that take place in the channel of the river,
together with the progress of the desert sands, increase
greatly the difficulties, that on other accounts exist in
ascertaining the position of antient cities. As I could not
obtain horses to examine the bank opposite to the town,
I proceeded to El Karib, the supposed site of Hieracon,
situated at the back of the cliffs of Djebel Abou Faydee.
The ruins, consisting of walls and of foundations built
of small unburnt bricks, are on one side of a valley;
and on the other several caverns have been exca-
vated, in which mummies of dogs, and cats are said
to have been found. They were, however, completely
-1-1 closed up with
sand. I found
ST] in the adjoining
__J quai'ries a tablet
ofhieroglyphics,
some Egyptian
sculpture, and a
Greek inscrip-
tion, but they
were much effaced ; and also some curious diagrams drawn
in red lines, and apparently intended as marks for hewing
the stone. I observed likewise some antient remains near