Sonnini de Manoncourt, Charles Nicolas Sigisbert: Travels in upper and lower Egypt (Band 1) (London, 1807)

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Chap. XIV.

Disturbances at Cairo—Oriental dress—Boats of
the Nile— Winter —Rossetta—Commerce—Rice,
its culture, and its antiquity in Egypt—Trefoil—
Oxen and cows - - - - 214

Chap. XV.

Inhabitants of Rossetta—Pipes—Coffee-houses--

'Arabian tales—Manner of making the coffee--

Shameful vices of the Egyptians—Wives of the
rich—Conversation by signs with one of them—
Particulars respecting those women—Jealousy of
the men—Homage paid to women - 240

Chap. XVI.

Wives of the commonalty—Black of the eyes—Alqui-
foux—Red of the hands and of the feet—Henna—
Depilatories—Plumpness of the women, their clean-*
liness, their cosmetics - - - 261

Chap. XVII.

Egyptian dogs—Cats—Beautiful animal of this ge~

mis reared by the Author--Domestic animals--

Mangouste, or ichneumon—Species of tortoise of
the Nile hostile to the crocodile - 281

Chap. XVIII.

Castle of Rossetta--Houhou--Lapzving—Turtle-
doves— Chevechc— Lotus^—Racket<—Cassia—Sy-
camore