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contents of vol. iii.
Chap. XL.
Minlet—Bardacks—Ancient city—Manner of setting
fractured limbs—Rain and squalls of wind—
Scheick Abade—Ancient city of Antino'e—Cata-
combs — Mellavoui — Mountain of Aboufeda—
Manfelout—Convent of the Pidley—Large boat
—Siout—Jackal—Grottoes of the Mountains—
Birds of Siout . -. - - - 37
Chap. XLI.
Practice of physic in Egypt—Peculiarities on this
subject—Egyptian physicians—Species of leprosy
1—Violent disorder of the eyes, with which the au-
thor was attacked—Rents of the houses in Egypt
— Circumcision—Rain in Upper Egypt—Re-
searches in quest of treasure—Perfidy of the Sy-
rian interpreter - - - 56
Chap. XLII.
Preparations for a journey to Sennaar—Conspiracy
between the chief of the caravan of Nubia and
the Syrian interpreter, to assassinate the author,
obliged to renounce the journey into Abyssinia—
Caravans of the Nubians—Monkeys—Perroquets
—Nubians—Visit to a camp of Bedouins—Perc-
nopters—Cophls—Repast—Rubbers for the feet
>—Apricots-—Water-melons — Melons—Dates —
Hemp, its intoxicating quality - 75
Chap.
contents of vol. iii.
Chap. XL.
Minlet—Bardacks—Ancient city—Manner of setting
fractured limbs—Rain and squalls of wind—
Scheick Abade—Ancient city of Antino'e—Cata-
combs — Mellavoui — Mountain of Aboufeda—
Manfelout—Convent of the Pidley—Large boat
—Siout—Jackal—Grottoes of the Mountains—
Birds of Siout . -. - - - 37
Chap. XLI.
Practice of physic in Egypt—Peculiarities on this
subject—Egyptian physicians—Species of leprosy
1—Violent disorder of the eyes, with which the au-
thor was attacked—Rents of the houses in Egypt
— Circumcision—Rain in Upper Egypt—Re-
searches in quest of treasure—Perfidy of the Sy-
rian interpreter - - - 56
Chap. XLII.
Preparations for a journey to Sennaar—Conspiracy
between the chief of the caravan of Nubia and
the Syrian interpreter, to assassinate the author,
obliged to renounce the journey into Abyssinia—
Caravans of the Nubians—Monkeys—Perroquets
—Nubians—Visit to a camp of Bedouins—Perc-
nopters—Cophls—Repast—Rubbers for the feet
>—Apricots-—Water-melons — Melons—Dates —
Hemp, its intoxicating quality - 75
Chap.