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TRAVELS IN EGYPT, NUBIA,
HOKOTS AT 3
CHAPTER III.
Voyage up the Nile to Assuan—Arab superstitions—Cultivation of sugar, and
process of extracting the juice—Arrival at Siout, chai'acter of Kaya Bey, of
Ibrahim Pasha—Commerce in slaves—Gelabs of Sennaar—Coptish account-
ants__Manner of making chaff—Crocodiles—Girgeh—Thebes—Ombos—
Elephantina, scenery of—Assuan.
It was now the beginning of April; my information en-
couraged me to expect no great difficulties in my travels from
the state of the country. I had obtained sufficient knowledge
of the vulgar Arabic, to begin my course up the Nile Avith-
out an interpreter; and accordingly, with the assistance of
TRAVELS IN EGYPT, NUBIA,
HOKOTS AT 3
CHAPTER III.
Voyage up the Nile to Assuan—Arab superstitions—Cultivation of sugar, and
process of extracting the juice—Arrival at Siout, chai'acter of Kaya Bey, of
Ibrahim Pasha—Commerce in slaves—Gelabs of Sennaar—Coptish account-
ants__Manner of making chaff—Crocodiles—Girgeh—Thebes—Ombos—
Elephantina, scenery of—Assuan.
It was now the beginning of April; my information en-
couraged me to expect no great difficulties in my travels from
the state of the country. I had obtained sufficient knowledge
of the vulgar Arabic, to begin my course up the Nile Avith-
out an interpreter; and accordingly, with the assistance of