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that are but a few leagues distant from it. I saw, amongft others, in thefe
expeditions,
The castle of Bokkier, situated on a point os land, that advances a little Platexiv.
way into the sea, between the city of Alexandria and the weftern mouth os the Fls' a'h-c-
Nile.
The town and castle of Rosetto, which is on the right hand, as you enter pLATE xv
by the same mouth of the river. Fig- i, 2.
The village os Deruth, on the border of the Nile, to the south os Rofetto, Plate xv.
and to the east os Alexandria. lg"3'
The mosque os os Scheck-Ghadder, on the border os the Nile, upon the Platexvi.
■feft hand as you enter it. lg* *•
The mosque os Carullo-Meresel. Platexvi.
Fig. 2.
Another mosque, at sour leagues to the south os Rosetto. Platexvi.
I h av e drawn views os all these places on the spot, whither I went sor that
purpose ; and I represent them in the manner that they appeared to me.
There is no need os mentioning, that these places are fituated in the Delta,
Or in its neighbourhood, nor os enquring why the part os lower Egypt, that is
included between the Mediterranean and the two arms of the Nile, which begin
to be sormed at Cairo, has had the name os Delta. All thofe, who have read
the descriptions of this country, or who have caft an eye upon the maps, that
have been given os it, muft have perceived, that the origin os this name is ow-
lr*g to the refemblance, that this diftricT: has to the triangular sig ure os the Greek
letter A *.
The reader must not be surprized that I speak not os divers other places.
I pafs them over in filence; becaufe I was not at them. Nothing gave me
hopes of finding there any thing worthy os attention. Befides that, it was ne-
oefiary for me to make hafte, in order to penetrate into the upper Egypt; which
Was the principal aim of my voyage, and the objecl: of my curiofity.
Yet, before I quit Alexandria, I am going to discharge the promise, I made
above, of mentioning the manner, in which a traveller ought to condud; him-
self in Egypt. I fhall give notice, however, that what I write, is not sor thofe
who go thither, with the view of trafficking there, or of making their fortune.
Such perfons will be placed with fome merchant, who will take care to inftruet.
e Herodotus relates, " That it was said by the Diodorus Siculus says, " That all Egypt was
Egyptians, and he declares it to be his own sormerly fea, and that the land was formed by
°pinion, that the Delta was sormerly covered by degrees from the mud brought down from Ethiopia
Water, and that it was lately., as may be faid, a bythe Nile." Diod. Sic. lib. iii.
new discovered land." Lib. ii. cap. 15. So that Egypt, from whence we derive, as the ori-
. Tins opinion of Herodotus confirms what I men- ginal fource, almosi all the arts and fciences, is it/elf.
h°ned besore concerning the ijland Pharos, which Wo- but a modern 'country\
^ER places at the dijlance of a whole day's fail from
Hypti
K them
that are but a few leagues distant from it. I saw, amongft others, in thefe
expeditions,
The castle of Bokkier, situated on a point os land, that advances a little Platexiv.
way into the sea, between the city of Alexandria and the weftern mouth os the Fls' a'h-c-
Nile.
The town and castle of Rosetto, which is on the right hand, as you enter pLATE xv
by the same mouth of the river. Fig- i, 2.
The village os Deruth, on the border of the Nile, to the south os Rofetto, Plate xv.
and to the east os Alexandria. lg"3'
The mosque os os Scheck-Ghadder, on the border os the Nile, upon the Platexvi.
■feft hand as you enter it. lg* *•
The mosque os Carullo-Meresel. Platexvi.
Fig. 2.
Another mosque, at sour leagues to the south os Rosetto. Platexvi.
I h av e drawn views os all these places on the spot, whither I went sor that
purpose ; and I represent them in the manner that they appeared to me.
There is no need os mentioning, that these places are fituated in the Delta,
Or in its neighbourhood, nor os enquring why the part os lower Egypt, that is
included between the Mediterranean and the two arms of the Nile, which begin
to be sormed at Cairo, has had the name os Delta. All thofe, who have read
the descriptions of this country, or who have caft an eye upon the maps, that
have been given os it, muft have perceived, that the origin os this name is ow-
lr*g to the refemblance, that this diftricT: has to the triangular sig ure os the Greek
letter A *.
The reader must not be surprized that I speak not os divers other places.
I pafs them over in filence; becaufe I was not at them. Nothing gave me
hopes of finding there any thing worthy os attention. Befides that, it was ne-
oefiary for me to make hafte, in order to penetrate into the upper Egypt; which
Was the principal aim of my voyage, and the objecl: of my curiofity.
Yet, before I quit Alexandria, I am going to discharge the promise, I made
above, of mentioning the manner, in which a traveller ought to condud; him-
self in Egypt. I fhall give notice, however, that what I write, is not sor thofe
who go thither, with the view of trafficking there, or of making their fortune.
Such perfons will be placed with fome merchant, who will take care to inftruet.
e Herodotus relates, " That it was said by the Diodorus Siculus says, " That all Egypt was
Egyptians, and he declares it to be his own sormerly fea, and that the land was formed by
°pinion, that the Delta was sormerly covered by degrees from the mud brought down from Ethiopia
Water, and that it was lately., as may be faid, a bythe Nile." Diod. Sic. lib. iii.
new discovered land." Lib. ii. cap. 15. So that Egypt, from whence we derive, as the ori-
. Tins opinion of Herodotus confirms what I men- ginal fource, almosi all the arts and fciences, is it/elf.
h°ned besore concerning the ijland Pharos, which Wo- but a modern 'country\
^ER places at the dijlance of a whole day's fail from
Hypti
K them