DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.11638#0129
AND LOWER EGYPT. II5
Souhaje, at seven leagues distance from Tahta,
is a large village, built at nearly a quarter of a
league from the brink of the river. Above, a
large canal receives the waters of the Nile, in
order to convey it into the plains to the westward.
The Kiaschef of Souliaje requested me to sup and
to sleep at his house. His politeness did not
quiet the uneasiness with which the idea of the
loss of my companions and of my baggage, in a
country where I had no resource to hope for,
cruelly tormented me.
The next morning, before daybreak, I went
out in order to cross the Nile, and to go to Ech-
mimm, which is on the eastern shore. I learnt
from the master of the passage-boat, that my
companions and their camels had arrived there the
day before, at a very early hour. The camel-dri-
vers had carried them forward by another route,
shorter than that which I had taken, and length-
ened out, by penetrating too far into the land.
On my arrival at Ecbmimm, a city built at a full
half league from the Nile, I hastened immediately
to the convent of Italian monks for the propaga-
tion of the faith, where my companions knew we
were to go. I found them, in their turn, very un-
easy on my account, and just on the point of re-
crossing the river in search of me. They gave me
12 an
Souhaje, at seven leagues distance from Tahta,
is a large village, built at nearly a quarter of a
league from the brink of the river. Above, a
large canal receives the waters of the Nile, in
order to convey it into the plains to the westward.
The Kiaschef of Souliaje requested me to sup and
to sleep at his house. His politeness did not
quiet the uneasiness with which the idea of the
loss of my companions and of my baggage, in a
country where I had no resource to hope for,
cruelly tormented me.
The next morning, before daybreak, I went
out in order to cross the Nile, and to go to Ech-
mimm, which is on the eastern shore. I learnt
from the master of the passage-boat, that my
companions and their camels had arrived there the
day before, at a very early hour. The camel-dri-
vers had carried them forward by another route,
shorter than that which I had taken, and length-
ened out, by penetrating too far into the land.
On my arrival at Ecbmimm, a city built at a full
half league from the Nile, I hastened immediately
to the convent of Italian monks for the propaga-
tion of the faith, where my companions knew we
were to go. I found them, in their turn, very un-
easy on my account, and just on the point of re-
crossing the river in search of me. They gave me
12 an