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HOLY LAND, AND CYPRUS. 71
pbics. Over the gateway of the portico are the following
Greek characters, in the place where the winged globe is
generally seen :
T n E P A 2 . . .
GEO . . .
A variety of inscriptions, cut about the gateway of the mole,
prove that this temple was erected to Mercury *.
From Dukkey, where the rocks and desert begin to leave
room for cultivation on the banks of the Nile, and many
palm-trees appear, we proceeded up the river; and, in a
short time, Avere hailed from the western shore by a follower
of the Cashief of Deir: we were obliged to pay him a visit,
and found him sitting under a shady palm-tree on a carpet,
surrounded by some dirty half naked attendants. He rose
on my approaching, bade me sit down by him, and put
a cushion under my elbow. His visit to the village (named
Ouffeddoonee) was for the purpose of residing some days
here with two of his wives, of whom he is said to have thirty,
living in different parts of his territoiy, and amongst them he
divides his time.
He was dressed in a coarse linen shirt and turban, with-
out slippers, and he alone of the whole party had a pipe in
* See Greek inscriptions.
pbics. Over the gateway of the portico are the following
Greek characters, in the place where the winged globe is
generally seen :
T n E P A 2 . . .
GEO . . .
A variety of inscriptions, cut about the gateway of the mole,
prove that this temple was erected to Mercury *.
From Dukkey, where the rocks and desert begin to leave
room for cultivation on the banks of the Nile, and many
palm-trees appear, we proceeded up the river; and, in a
short time, Avere hailed from the western shore by a follower
of the Cashief of Deir: we were obliged to pay him a visit,
and found him sitting under a shady palm-tree on a carpet,
surrounded by some dirty half naked attendants. He rose
on my approaching, bade me sit down by him, and put
a cushion under my elbow. His visit to the village (named
Ouffeddoonee) was for the purpose of residing some days
here with two of his wives, of whom he is said to have thirty,
living in different parts of his territoiy, and amongst them he
divides his time.
He was dressed in a coarse linen shirt and turban, with-
out slippers, and he alone of the whole party had a pipe in
* See Greek inscriptions.