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AND NUBIA.
who had formerly conducted father Sicard, either knew nothing of it, or at
least he was not willing to give me this satisfaction. He told me only, that this
father had lost all his papers, in going to the Copti convent; but that he got
fhem restored to him. He added, that the same father had been very ill treated
111 this convent.
Our rudder being repaired, we quitted Esnay, though the north wind
c°ntinued, and was still very strong. It was eight o'clock in the evening
^hen we departed; and at midnight we were not yet out of sight of Esnay.
*^e then can: anchor in the middle of the Nile, at about half a league from
Bsi
127
nay.
Saturday, ist of February.
AT break of day we weighed anchor, to endeavour to proceed. But the
n°i"th wind, which became still more violent, obliged us very soon to put to
stiorr- "We cast anchor at
■ore.
^llArdie, a place sttuated on the western shore of the Nile, between Esnay
ar*d Assfuun. We continued there the whole day. Our people went a shooting,
an*d killed a dozen geese of the Nile. In the evening we were willing to try if
e could not advance forwards. The wind was still very strong. We found
0l*rselves obliged to fasten our boat again near a little istand, that the sinking of
^ Nile had formed.
Sunday, 2d of February.
THE north wind still continued, and was very strong. We attempted,
°^ever, to return to rowing, but all our efforts were in vain. We could only
Cr°ss the Nile, and reach the other border of the river opposite to
s s f u u n. We had before us a plain, which was not much cultivated. It ex-
uded in breadth the space of a quarter of a league: After which the mountains
Ie again. Towards the evening, the wind having entirely fallen, weunfastened
e barque, and set out upon our voyage. We advanced to
di]e Cr°codiles heads likewise, and also some croco-
citv f w^cn makes me think that this was the
ST^ Crocodiles, where that beast was woi shiped, as
me ABo observes, lib. xvii. pag. 817. though he
dito^Icjns the city of Crocodiles before Aphro-
Cr0 lls anc* Latopolis, whereas if the city of
agreCe° •'? -Were put last instead os first> it: w°11
would
city sWlth the Nation I give these places. The old
os
the
^s to have been to the north; at the end
than a mile round. Many of the tombs are mag-
nificent, being a dome on sour arches, with a little
cupola on the top, something resembling the holy
sepulchre, and built of brick. Some of them have
a cross, others the eagle cut on them, and a short
Greek inscription. On many of them, as well as
about the convent, these words are cut: Eic 9-j«? j
/3o>]9oV. It is a very indisserent convent, and the
church is mean. There are only two monks in it
who cannot marry 5 but their relations, both
women and children, live in the convent. This is
the last church in Egypt. I made them a prescnt
os some incense, knives, and scissars; and they en-
To the
fome wood and cot-
to have been a great burial ground, ton fhrubs of the perennial kind, on the east side also
P where they buried the dead not being less I saw the sena." Obfervatiens on Egypt, pag. 111.
SCHAGAD.
os r. n.t0Wn I faw the remains of an ancient quay,
A n 'l st°ne-work, with slairs down to the river.
sajnt ^ to the south os Esne is the monastery of
it j, V*Ei-en, by whom they say it was sounded:
the m n more cornmonly called the convent os tertained us with what they could provide.
It a artyrs, and it was a place os great devotion, north os the convent there is fome wood
the £FCars, to have been a great burial ground, ton shrubs of the perennial kind ontheeas
who had formerly conducted father Sicard, either knew nothing of it, or at
least he was not willing to give me this satisfaction. He told me only, that this
father had lost all his papers, in going to the Copti convent; but that he got
fhem restored to him. He added, that the same father had been very ill treated
111 this convent.
Our rudder being repaired, we quitted Esnay, though the north wind
c°ntinued, and was still very strong. It was eight o'clock in the evening
^hen we departed; and at midnight we were not yet out of sight of Esnay.
*^e then can: anchor in the middle of the Nile, at about half a league from
Bsi
127
nay.
Saturday, ist of February.
AT break of day we weighed anchor, to endeavour to proceed. But the
n°i"th wind, which became still more violent, obliged us very soon to put to
stiorr- "We cast anchor at
■ore.
^llArdie, a place sttuated on the western shore of the Nile, between Esnay
ar*d Assfuun. We continued there the whole day. Our people went a shooting,
an*d killed a dozen geese of the Nile. In the evening we were willing to try if
e could not advance forwards. The wind was still very strong. We found
0l*rselves obliged to fasten our boat again near a little istand, that the sinking of
^ Nile had formed.
Sunday, 2d of February.
THE north wind still continued, and was very strong. We attempted,
°^ever, to return to rowing, but all our efforts were in vain. We could only
Cr°ss the Nile, and reach the other border of the river opposite to
s s f u u n. We had before us a plain, which was not much cultivated. It ex-
uded in breadth the space of a quarter of a league: After which the mountains
Ie again. Towards the evening, the wind having entirely fallen, weunfastened
e barque, and set out upon our voyage. We advanced to
di]e Cr°codiles heads likewise, and also some croco-
citv f w^cn makes me think that this was the
ST^ Crocodiles, where that beast was woi shiped, as
me ABo observes, lib. xvii. pag. 817. though he
dito^Icjns the city of Crocodiles before Aphro-
Cr0 lls anc* Latopolis, whereas if the city of
agreCe° •'? -Were put last instead os first> it: w°11
would
city sWlth the Nation I give these places. The old
os
the
^s to have been to the north; at the end
than a mile round. Many of the tombs are mag-
nificent, being a dome on sour arches, with a little
cupola on the top, something resembling the holy
sepulchre, and built of brick. Some of them have
a cross, others the eagle cut on them, and a short
Greek inscription. On many of them, as well as
about the convent, these words are cut: Eic 9-j«? j
/3o>]9oV. It is a very indisserent convent, and the
church is mean. There are only two monks in it
who cannot marry 5 but their relations, both
women and children, live in the convent. This is
the last church in Egypt. I made them a prescnt
os some incense, knives, and scissars; and they en-
To the
fome wood and cot-
to have been a great burial ground, ton fhrubs of the perennial kind, on the east side also
P where they buried the dead not being less I saw the sena." Obfervatiens on Egypt, pag. 111.
SCHAGAD.
os r. n.t0Wn I faw the remains of an ancient quay,
A n 'l st°ne-work, with slairs down to the river.
sajnt ^ to the south os Esne is the monastery of
it j, V*Ei-en, by whom they say it was sounded:
the m n more cornmonly called the convent os tertained us with what they could provide.
It a artyrs, and it was a place os great devotion, north os the convent there is fome wood
the £FCars, to have been a great burial ground, ton shrubs of the perennial kind ontheeas