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came on afterwards so great a calm that we were obliged to fasten the barque
Jn another like districl, near a village situated on the western shore of the Nile
and named
Sabua. There are in the neighbourhood some remarkable antiquities, which
I have drawn. They have not so magnificent an appearance as those of Dekke; Plate
neither are the stones so well joined together; we see between them some pretty CLV<
large openings; and the stones themselves are only of a sandy and yellowish
kind. The edifice however is built in the ancient Egyptian taste. Its portal is
damaged; but the rest continues Handing.
These ruins are in a plain covered with sand; and we observe there still
four pieces of wall, which shew that there were formerly, in this place, vass.
edifices.
We had here, all round us, nothing but mountains and sandy rocks. The
foot of the mountains is sloping and cultivated quite to the top, to which the
waters of the Nile reached in its inundation. The flat part of this tract of
ground was filled with beans and lupines, that had been planted there; and the
top was crowned with thickets of thorns, that grew up of themselves.
Wednesday, ist of January, 1738.
WE continued, as usual, the whole night quiet. In the morning at seven
o'clock the wind being favourable, and even pretty strong, we set sail. The
Nile continued to have its breadth, and the borders their usual situation. We
very soon pasled before another distri^t named
Guad Ell ARRABor Areb. It occupies likewise the two borders of the
Nile, upon which there are two villages bearing the same name. A little
higher we had on our left, and at some distance from the Nile, the village of
Schiaturma. Afterwards we found ourselves between two great villages
named
Angora and Malcki, the sirst is to the east, the second to the west. . We
saw afterwards two other villages, namely
Arega, it was to our right j and
Singari, which was to our left.
In the afternoon we approached a village, situated on the eastern shore,
named
Koroscoff. They had called out to us here to bring the barque to land,
^e obeyed; and we heard that xheschorbatschie, sather os the cachess" Ibrim,
was there at his country house. We then went ashore, and I waited upon this
potentate. I was accompanied by the brother os the aga os EsTuaen, the reys,
the Jew, and the janisiary.
Vol. II. Bb We
See the map
orthe Nile,
Plate
CLVI,
came on afterwards so great a calm that we were obliged to fasten the barque
Jn another like districl, near a village situated on the western shore of the Nile
and named
Sabua. There are in the neighbourhood some remarkable antiquities, which
I have drawn. They have not so magnificent an appearance as those of Dekke; Plate
neither are the stones so well joined together; we see between them some pretty CLV<
large openings; and the stones themselves are only of a sandy and yellowish
kind. The edifice however is built in the ancient Egyptian taste. Its portal is
damaged; but the rest continues Handing.
These ruins are in a plain covered with sand; and we observe there still
four pieces of wall, which shew that there were formerly, in this place, vass.
edifices.
We had here, all round us, nothing but mountains and sandy rocks. The
foot of the mountains is sloping and cultivated quite to the top, to which the
waters of the Nile reached in its inundation. The flat part of this tract of
ground was filled with beans and lupines, that had been planted there; and the
top was crowned with thickets of thorns, that grew up of themselves.
Wednesday, ist of January, 1738.
WE continued, as usual, the whole night quiet. In the morning at seven
o'clock the wind being favourable, and even pretty strong, we set sail. The
Nile continued to have its breadth, and the borders their usual situation. We
very soon pasled before another distri^t named
Guad Ell ARRABor Areb. It occupies likewise the two borders of the
Nile, upon which there are two villages bearing the same name. A little
higher we had on our left, and at some distance from the Nile, the village of
Schiaturma. Afterwards we found ourselves between two great villages
named
Angora and Malcki, the sirst is to the east, the second to the west. . We
saw afterwards two other villages, namely
Arega, it was to our right j and
Singari, which was to our left.
In the afternoon we approached a village, situated on the eastern shore,
named
Koroscoff. They had called out to us here to bring the barque to land,
^e obeyed; and we heard that xheschorbatschie, sather os the cachess" Ibrim,
was there at his country house. We then went ashore, and I waited upon this
potentate. I was accompanied by the brother os the aga os EsTuaen, the reys,
the Jew, and the janisiary.
Vol. II. Bb We
See the map
orthe Nile,
Plate
CLVI,