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7& TRAVELS IN UPPER
During my residence at Shut, a circumstance
happened, which was looked upon as very extraor-
dinary. This was the descent of rain ; so uncom-
mon in the southern parts of Egypt, that it may
be said, without the fear of being in an error, that
it never rains there. However, on the 15th of
April 1778, with a violent south wind, the sky was
clouded during the whole day, and from time to
time a little rain fell; but at night a storm arose,
with a torrent of rain, accompanied with lightnings
and some claps of thunder.
Daoud Kiaschef, commandant of Siont, who had
an inclination to put my talents in physic to the
test, of which he had conceived a high opinion,
imagined that I must also be a dealer in magic, and
that the most hidden treasures, not being able to
resist the power of my art, left their most secret
abodes to spring into my pocket. The Mameluc
was very desirous of sharing, at least, the immense
profits which such a valuable science must of
necessity procure for me. A mosque in the city
passed in the minds of the inhabitants as the
depository of riches concealed from every eye; he
summoned me secretly, and made me promise to
go to this temple, in order to discover, by my
sorceries, the place where the gold was to be
found, which we were to share together. Every
thing which I could say to undeceive him was in
vain;
During my residence at Shut, a circumstance
happened, which was looked upon as very extraor-
dinary. This was the descent of rain ; so uncom-
mon in the southern parts of Egypt, that it may
be said, without the fear of being in an error, that
it never rains there. However, on the 15th of
April 1778, with a violent south wind, the sky was
clouded during the whole day, and from time to
time a little rain fell; but at night a storm arose,
with a torrent of rain, accompanied with lightnings
and some claps of thunder.
Daoud Kiaschef, commandant of Siont, who had
an inclination to put my talents in physic to the
test, of which he had conceived a high opinion,
imagined that I must also be a dealer in magic, and
that the most hidden treasures, not being able to
resist the power of my art, left their most secret
abodes to spring into my pocket. The Mameluc
was very desirous of sharing, at least, the immense
profits which such a valuable science must of
necessity procure for me. A mosque in the city
passed in the minds of the inhabitants as the
depository of riches concealed from every eye; he
summoned me secretly, and made me promise to
go to this temple, in order to discover, by my
sorceries, the place where the gold was to be
found, which we were to share together. Every
thing which I could say to undeceive him was in
vain;