Sonnini de Manoncourt, Charles Nicolas Sigisbert: Travels in upper and lower Egypt (Band 2) (London, 1807)

CONTENTS

VOL. II.

Chap. XXII.

The banana-tree—Custard- apple—Mallow—Melo-
chia—Bammia—Atle—The buffalo—The water
of the Nile—The plague—The climate of Egypt
—Treatment of the dead—Burying-places—Dis-
eases—Elephantiasis—Disorders incident to the
eyes - - - - - i

Chap. XXIII.

Circumcision of females—Sect of Saadi, or Serpent-
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Chap. XXIV.

Winter—Eel of the Nile—Turtle--Birds—The

nightingale--Bird of prey— The little owl-

White wagtail--Kingfishers--Heron--Purple

gallinule—Spur-winged plovers—Hoopoes—Te-
nebrio—Orange-trees—Onions—Garlic—Lettuce
—Colocasia—Ichneumon— Thaleb— Manner in
which the Africans distinguish men—Rats and

a t mice—