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travels in upper
CHAP. XXIV.
J^mter-rEel of the Nik—Turtle—Birds—The
Nightingale—Bird of prey—The little owl—
White wagtail — Kingfishers—Heron—Purple
gallinule— Spur-winged glovers—Hoopoes—Te-
nebrio—Orange-trees—Onions—Garlic—Lettuce
—Colocasia — Ichneumon—Thaleh — Manner in
which the Africans distinguish men—Rats and
mice—Sheep—Goat—Preparations for quitting
Rosselta—Meteorological observations—Gales of
wind from the south.
If there be any thing capable of consoling us for
the errors that torment mankind, and are so fre-
quently the cause of misery to them, it is unques-
tionably the contemplation of nature. In my fre-
quent visits to the country round Rossctta, I for-
got the absurdities and evils which tyrannize over
every society of men, and the gloomy shades of
melancholy, that occupied my mind, gave way to
more pleasing thoughts.
The end of December was now arrived, which
is the depth of winter in this country. The winds
raged
travels in upper
CHAP. XXIV.
J^mter-rEel of the Nik—Turtle—Birds—The
Nightingale—Bird of prey—The little owl—
White wagtail — Kingfishers—Heron—Purple
gallinule— Spur-winged glovers—Hoopoes—Te-
nebrio—Orange-trees—Onions—Garlic—Lettuce
—Colocasia — Ichneumon—Thaleh — Manner in
which the Africans distinguish men—Rats and
mice—Sheep—Goat—Preparations for quitting
Rosselta—Meteorological observations—Gales of
wind from the south.
If there be any thing capable of consoling us for
the errors that torment mankind, and are so fre-
quently the cause of misery to them, it is unques-
tionably the contemplation of nature. In my fre-
quent visits to the country round Rossctta, I for-
got the absurdities and evils which tyrannize over
every society of men, and the gloomy shades of
melancholy, that occupied my mind, gave way to
more pleasing thoughts.
The end of December was now arrived, which
is the depth of winter in this country. The winds
raged