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fO TRAVELS IN UPPER
CHAP. XXXIX.
Departure from ancient Cairo—Scheick Ilmann—
Quarries—Monasteries—Fishes and Birds—-
Whirlwinds and water-spouts—Watering of the
ground—Particulars of the voyage—Houses of the
villages of Upper Egypt—Carthamus—Sudden
gust of wind from the south—Benisouef—Accident
on the voyage—Mountains—Manner in which the
women of Upper Egypt carry water.
It was not without considerable trouble that I
collected my reis and his sailors, who were busy
conversing with their acquaintances, and never
thinking about the repairs necessary to the boat.
I had still more difficulty to make them resolve on
departing. We quitted ancient Cairo on the even-
ing of the same day that we arrived there. A fresh
breeze from the north had succeeded to the scorch-
ing and contrary wind of the south. Two immense
sails disposed in hares-ears * drove on our light
kanja with great rapidity; and her prow, whitened
by the foam of the waves, opened for itself an easy
passage, notwithstanding the resistance of the cur-
* This is the name given to the arrangement of two triangular
sails, when the one is stretched to the starboard side, and the
other to the larboard,
rent.
CHAP. XXXIX.
Departure from ancient Cairo—Scheick Ilmann—
Quarries—Monasteries—Fishes and Birds—-
Whirlwinds and water-spouts—Watering of the
ground—Particulars of the voyage—Houses of the
villages of Upper Egypt—Carthamus—Sudden
gust of wind from the south—Benisouef—Accident
on the voyage—Mountains—Manner in which the
women of Upper Egypt carry water.
It was not without considerable trouble that I
collected my reis and his sailors, who were busy
conversing with their acquaintances, and never
thinking about the repairs necessary to the boat.
I had still more difficulty to make them resolve on
departing. We quitted ancient Cairo on the even-
ing of the same day that we arrived there. A fresh
breeze from the north had succeeded to the scorch-
ing and contrary wind of the south. Two immense
sails disposed in hares-ears * drove on our light
kanja with great rapidity; and her prow, whitened
by the foam of the waves, opened for itself an easy
passage, notwithstanding the resistance of the cur-
* This is the name given to the arrangement of two triangular
sails, when the one is stretched to the starboard side, and the
other to the larboard,
rent.