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ask us news about our voyage. They kept themselves however at certain
distances, and shewed no desire of doing us any mischief. They expressed only
a good deal of surprise, that we had been suffered to escape so easiiy.
As from EsTuaen to Derri they are not accustomed to cross the Nile with
canoes, the inhabitants have the art to supply that want in divers manners. I
have already given two of them; and I am now going to give a third, which is very
Angular. They put themselves a straddle upon a great piece of wood, after
having placed their cloaths over their head in form of a turbant. They fasten
likewise to it their zagaye or dart. They afterwards make use of their arms as
°ars, and by this means cross the river without much difficulty. This method
is also in use a little below EsTuaen; and even in places where there are more
crocodiles than here. We do not hear of any accident happening from it; and
those who bathe themselves every day in the Nile, take no more than the former
any precaution against that animal.
Friday, 10th of January*
W E resumed the oar very early in the morning, because the north wind {till
continued. In the afternoon we put to more at
Ubschiir. The design was to continue the whole night before that village^
Yet by means of sollicitations, and by some liberalities that I gave, I prevailed
with them to reach to
Giesiret Ell Heisf. I have already mentioned besore, in what manner
I employed a whole night to examine the magnificent antiquities of that island,
till the importunity of the Barbarins obliged me to withdraw the next day in
the morning. So that I content myself with referring the reader to the account
* have given of it.
Saturday, nth of January*
AFTER having quitted Giesiret Ell Heiss, we went down the Nile to
Morrada. It was no more than nine o'clock in the morning when we arrived
at that port. We thought ourselves there in a place os Tasety, because there
°egan the government os our good aga os EsTuaen. But we soon heard that his
border grew worse, insomuch that it was thought he could not hold out long,
•^his news afflicted us; sor we knew well enough his son, not to be able to
Promise ourselves srom him the same civilities that we had received srom his
sather.
H e had been insormed os our arrival by the reys; and in coming srom
■fcfiuaen to join us, he had met with the Jew valet, whom we had dispatched to
^e aga, to insorm him os our return, and to entreat him to get us surnislied,
as soon as possible, with beasts os carriage, in order to convey us back to
Efiuaen together with our baggage.
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ask us news about our voyage. They kept themselves however at certain
distances, and shewed no desire of doing us any mischief. They expressed only
a good deal of surprise, that we had been suffered to escape so easiiy.
As from EsTuaen to Derri they are not accustomed to cross the Nile with
canoes, the inhabitants have the art to supply that want in divers manners. I
have already given two of them; and I am now going to give a third, which is very
Angular. They put themselves a straddle upon a great piece of wood, after
having placed their cloaths over their head in form of a turbant. They fasten
likewise to it their zagaye or dart. They afterwards make use of their arms as
°ars, and by this means cross the river without much difficulty. This method
is also in use a little below EsTuaen; and even in places where there are more
crocodiles than here. We do not hear of any accident happening from it; and
those who bathe themselves every day in the Nile, take no more than the former
any precaution against that animal.
Friday, 10th of January*
W E resumed the oar very early in the morning, because the north wind {till
continued. In the afternoon we put to more at
Ubschiir. The design was to continue the whole night before that village^
Yet by means of sollicitations, and by some liberalities that I gave, I prevailed
with them to reach to
Giesiret Ell Heisf. I have already mentioned besore, in what manner
I employed a whole night to examine the magnificent antiquities of that island,
till the importunity of the Barbarins obliged me to withdraw the next day in
the morning. So that I content myself with referring the reader to the account
* have given of it.
Saturday, nth of January*
AFTER having quitted Giesiret Ell Heiss, we went down the Nile to
Morrada. It was no more than nine o'clock in the morning when we arrived
at that port. We thought ourselves there in a place os Tasety, because there
°egan the government os our good aga os EsTuaen. But we soon heard that his
border grew worse, insomuch that it was thought he could not hold out long,
•^his news afflicted us; sor we knew well enough his son, not to be able to
Promise ourselves srom him the same civilities that we had received srom his
sather.
H e had been insormed os our arrival by the reys; and in coming srom
■fcfiuaen to join us, he had met with the Jew valet, whom we had dispatched to
^e aga, to insorm him os our return, and to entreat him to get us surnislied,
as soon as possible, with beasts os carriage, in order to convey us back to
Efiuaen together with our baggage.
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