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AND LOWER EGYPT. -3
that of a Christian, it is carried with the head
foremost. It is preceded by priests reciting pas-
sages of the Koran ; and women are hired to fol-
low it with tears and lamentations. It may be
presumed the number of priests and hired mourn-
ers that attend, will be in proportion to the
money expended on the occasion.
AtRossetta there was no place destined for the
reception of the Franks that might happen to die
there ; so that they were conveyed to Alexandria,
and interred in the convent of St. George. The
corpse was attended by the clergyman, an inter-
preter, and a janisary ; and as the journey was
made by land, the funeral was expensive.
After having spoken of the cemeteries of Egypt,
it is natural to say a word or two of the diseases
which most commonly lead to them. Putrid and
inflammatory disorders, though neither frequent
nor epidemic, attack persons of bilious tempera-
ments. Dysenteries occur here, though they do
not prevail so often as in Europe. Hernias are
by no means rare ; though they are not occasioned
by the water of the Nile, as some authors have
asserted. Their real causes are the relaxation in-
duced by the habitual use of the warm bath ; ex-
ercise on horseoack ; and still more the excessive
amplitude of certain parts of the dress worn in
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that of a Christian, it is carried with the head
foremost. It is preceded by priests reciting pas-
sages of the Koran ; and women are hired to fol-
low it with tears and lamentations. It may be
presumed the number of priests and hired mourn-
ers that attend, will be in proportion to the
money expended on the occasion.
AtRossetta there was no place destined for the
reception of the Franks that might happen to die
there ; so that they were conveyed to Alexandria,
and interred in the convent of St. George. The
corpse was attended by the clergyman, an inter-
preter, and a janisary ; and as the journey was
made by land, the funeral was expensive.
After having spoken of the cemeteries of Egypt,
it is natural to say a word or two of the diseases
which most commonly lead to them. Putrid and
inflammatory disorders, though neither frequent
nor epidemic, attack persons of bilious tempera-
ments. Dysenteries occur here, though they do
not prevail so often as in Europe. Hernias are
by no means rare ; though they are not occasioned
by the water of the Nile, as some authors have
asserted. Their real causes are the relaxation in-
duced by the habitual use of the warm bath ; ex-
ercise on horseoack ; and still more the excessive
amplitude of certain parts of the dress worn in
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