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AND LOWER EGYPT. 15!
pleasant an use. The reis, who was a little be-
hind, hearing his boat's company roaring aloud,
took, to his heels, and it was impossible to catch
him. The day appeared, and we set sail, in order
to pass once more that perilous spot, where the
force of the current overthrows the barriers which
the land opposes to it on the^ western side. In
front of a little village we saw the master seated
on the brink of the river. We landed in order to
make him embark; but still in apprehension of
having his share of a correction which he well
deserved, he made the best of his way off. I gave
orders that he should be pursued, and he was
conducted, or rather carried back, to the boat.
We again set sail. A violent wind from the
north-east, which blew in impetuous squalls, car-
ried us to Dendera, the evening of the 17th.
At half a league before Dendera, the bed of the
Nile is extremely narrow, and one of its banks is
strewed with stones. The Egyptian mariners call
this place El Bab, the port. This is one of the
most dangerous passes of the navigation of the
river, and the inhabitants do not fail to address 3
prayer to Heaven before they undertake it.
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pleasant an use. The reis, who was a little be-
hind, hearing his boat's company roaring aloud,
took, to his heels, and it was impossible to catch
him. The day appeared, and we set sail, in order
to pass once more that perilous spot, where the
force of the current overthrows the barriers which
the land opposes to it on the^ western side. In
front of a little village we saw the master seated
on the brink of the river. We landed in order to
make him embark; but still in apprehension of
having his share of a correction which he well
deserved, he made the best of his way off. I gave
orders that he should be pursued, and he was
conducted, or rather carried back, to the boat.
We again set sail. A violent wind from the
north-east, which blew in impetuous squalls, car-
ried us to Dendera, the evening of the 17th.
At half a league before Dendera, the bed of the
Nile is extremely narrow, and one of its banks is
strewed with stones. The Egyptian mariners call
this place El Bab, the port. This is one of the
most dangerous passes of the navigation of the
river, and the inhabitants do not fail to address 3
prayer to Heaven before they undertake it.
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