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AND NUBIA.
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With regard to the lanterns, of which I design to speak, they have pretty Let. /.
Nearly the figure of a cage, and are made of reeds. It is a collection of five or
six glasses like to that of the lamp, which has been just described. They sus-
pend them by cords in the middle of the streets, when there is any great festival
at Cairo; and they put painted paper in the place of the reeds.
Lastly, I mall observe, that as it rains but seldoni in Egypt, the Au- Seventh re-
thor of nature has so wisely disposed things, that this want of rain is happily
supplied by the regular inundation, that is there made, and which returns every
years.
mark.
E The natural cause of the scarcity of rain, in
the inland parts of Egypt, is, I imagine, the clry-
ness of the sands, which do not assord sufficient
rnoisture for forming clouds and descending in rains.
For doctor Shaw observes, that upon the coast,
from Alexandria, all along to Damiata and Tineh,
they have their former and latter rains, as in Bar-
oary and the Holy Land. Doctor Shaw has added
ari account of the weather at Alexandria, in the
Months of January and February, A. D. 1639.
Jan. 1. Fair, the wind little and southerly.
2. Fair.
3. Fair, at night it rained a little.
4. Cloudy and rainy in the asternoon, and
at night.
5. Cloudy, rainy and windy, N. W.
Q 6. Very rainy and windy. N. W.
7. Rainy and windy. N. W. all day and
night.
8. Rainy in the morning, very windy all
day and night, at the latter end os the
night very rainy, the wind was N. W.
9. The morning very rainy and windy, at
night very rainy and windy. N. W.
10. All day very rainy and windy. N. W.
The rain falls in fudden gufts, after-
wards a little sair, then again cloudy
and rainy. At night it rained very
much, and in the morning fnowed.
11. Friday, it rained, the afternoon fair, at
night rainy, N. W.
12. Saturday in the
morning
rainy,
tne
14.
16.
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18,
afternoon sair, and at night little wind.
Sunday fair, a little wind. N. N. W.
Monday little wind. S. E. sair.
Fair, little wind. S. E. the air sull os
vapours, fo that although no clouds,
yet the body of the fun fhined not
bright.
Fair, little wind. S. E.
Fair, little wind. S. E. These sour
days, efpecially the two laft, though
no clouds, yet a caligo all day and
night, fo that the fun gave but a
weak ssiadow, and the liars little
light •, this caligo or hazy weather
arofe partly from, the rains that sell
before, and partly from the ufual
overssowing of Nilus.
Friday like Thurfday, or rather worse,
the E. S. E. wind being great.
19. Saturday like Friday.
20. Sunday the wind N. and cloudy, night
fair.
21. Monday the wind N. W. fair.
22. Tuesday sair, the wind N. W. it rained
a little towards night the wind great
23. Wednesday fair day and night, the wind
N. W. the wind somewhat great.
24. Cloudy, at night it rained much N. W.
25. Sometimes sair, sometimes cloudy.
N. W. About four P. M. it rained ;
so likewise, at night very much.
26. Saturday very windy. N. W. and often
rainy.
27. ©In the day very windy. N. W. some-
times rainy, at night sair, no °reat
wind but sull of vapours, fo that the
pole star nor the yards could be clearly
seen.
28. In the day a dusky Iky all over, yet not
many clouds, the sun could not be
seen ; so at night; in the night it rain-
ed a little, the wind eaft.
29. The Iky full of vapours, but not so
obscureas the 28th. A quarter os an
hour besore sun set, the sun being im-
merfed in the vapours, about the ho-
rizon seemed for a while like burnino-
iron, or like the moon as I have seen
fometimes in an eclipfe.
Fair. N. N. W.
Fair, fo till ten at night, then it grew
dusky from ftore or vapours by the
eaft wind.
Feb. 1. Cloudy at night, sair, sometimes cloudy
a very great N. W. wind and fane
rain.
2. Cloudy, sair, rainy, N. N. W. wind
great, Saturday at night . . .
3. 0 Very windy, N. N. W. often rainy
day and night, very cold.
4. Monday very windy N. N. W. day and
night, often rainy, very cold.
5. Tuefday very windy and cloudy.
6. Wednesday little wind N. at night
obfeure.
7. Thurfday obseure and dusky, little wind.
8. Fair, little wind, at night the wind
northerly, and it rained much.
9. Saturday morning rainy, afternoon sair,
wind E. at night.
10. Very sair day and night, wind N.
3°
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53
With regard to the lanterns, of which I design to speak, they have pretty Let. /.
Nearly the figure of a cage, and are made of reeds. It is a collection of five or
six glasses like to that of the lamp, which has been just described. They sus-
pend them by cords in the middle of the streets, when there is any great festival
at Cairo; and they put painted paper in the place of the reeds.
Lastly, I mall observe, that as it rains but seldoni in Egypt, the Au- Seventh re-
thor of nature has so wisely disposed things, that this want of rain is happily
supplied by the regular inundation, that is there made, and which returns every
years.
mark.
E The natural cause of the scarcity of rain, in
the inland parts of Egypt, is, I imagine, the clry-
ness of the sands, which do not assord sufficient
rnoisture for forming clouds and descending in rains.
For doctor Shaw observes, that upon the coast,
from Alexandria, all along to Damiata and Tineh,
they have their former and latter rains, as in Bar-
oary and the Holy Land. Doctor Shaw has added
ari account of the weather at Alexandria, in the
Months of January and February, A. D. 1639.
Jan. 1. Fair, the wind little and southerly.
2. Fair.
3. Fair, at night it rained a little.
4. Cloudy and rainy in the asternoon, and
at night.
5. Cloudy, rainy and windy, N. W.
Q 6. Very rainy and windy. N. W.
7. Rainy and windy. N. W. all day and
night.
8. Rainy in the morning, very windy all
day and night, at the latter end os the
night very rainy, the wind was N. W.
9. The morning very rainy and windy, at
night very rainy and windy. N. W.
10. All day very rainy and windy. N. W.
The rain falls in fudden gufts, after-
wards a little sair, then again cloudy
and rainy. At night it rained very
much, and in the morning fnowed.
11. Friday, it rained, the afternoon fair, at
night rainy, N. W.
12. Saturday in the
morning
rainy,
tne
14.
16.
*7-
18,
afternoon sair, and at night little wind.
Sunday fair, a little wind. N. N. W.
Monday little wind. S. E. sair.
Fair, little wind. S. E. the air sull os
vapours, fo that although no clouds,
yet the body of the fun fhined not
bright.
Fair, little wind. S. E.
Fair, little wind. S. E. These sour
days, efpecially the two laft, though
no clouds, yet a caligo all day and
night, fo that the fun gave but a
weak ssiadow, and the liars little
light •, this caligo or hazy weather
arofe partly from, the rains that sell
before, and partly from the ufual
overssowing of Nilus.
Friday like Thurfday, or rather worse,
the E. S. E. wind being great.
19. Saturday like Friday.
20. Sunday the wind N. and cloudy, night
fair.
21. Monday the wind N. W. fair.
22. Tuesday sair, the wind N. W. it rained
a little towards night the wind great
23. Wednesday fair day and night, the wind
N. W. the wind somewhat great.
24. Cloudy, at night it rained much N. W.
25. Sometimes sair, sometimes cloudy.
N. W. About four P. M. it rained ;
so likewise, at night very much.
26. Saturday very windy. N. W. and often
rainy.
27. ©In the day very windy. N. W. some-
times rainy, at night sair, no °reat
wind but sull of vapours, fo that the
pole star nor the yards could be clearly
seen.
28. In the day a dusky Iky all over, yet not
many clouds, the sun could not be
seen ; so at night; in the night it rain-
ed a little, the wind eaft.
29. The Iky full of vapours, but not so
obscureas the 28th. A quarter os an
hour besore sun set, the sun being im-
merfed in the vapours, about the ho-
rizon seemed for a while like burnino-
iron, or like the moon as I have seen
fometimes in an eclipfe.
Fair. N. N. W.
Fair, fo till ten at night, then it grew
dusky from ftore or vapours by the
eaft wind.
Feb. 1. Cloudy at night, sair, sometimes cloudy
a very great N. W. wind and fane
rain.
2. Cloudy, sair, rainy, N. N. W. wind
great, Saturday at night . . .
3. 0 Very windy, N. N. W. often rainy
day and night, very cold.
4. Monday very windy N. N. W. day and
night, often rainy, very cold.
5. Tuefday very windy and cloudy.
6. Wednesday little wind N. at night
obfeure.
7. Thurfday obseure and dusky, little wind.
8. Fair, little wind, at night the wind
northerly, and it rained much.
9. Saturday morning rainy, afternoon sair,
wind E. at night.
10. Very sair day and night, wind N.
3°
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