Sonnini de Manoncourt, Charles Nicolas Sigisbert: Travels in upper and lower Egypt (Band 3) (London, 1807)

travels in upper

CHAP. XLVIH.

Return to Neguade'—Swelling of the Nile—Water-
spinners—Kous—Remains of the city of Apollo—
Mokka coffee—Fertility of the soil in Upper Egypt
—Its agriculture—Granivorous birds—Swallows
—Laundress — Ravens —Flies — Bugs—Insects
still more disgusting—Ichneumon fly—Drone bee
—Wasp — Scorpion'— Crab—Degeneracy of the
people of Egypt— Women of Theba's — Those
who have embraced the Catholic faith, have be-
come subject to foreign monks—Effects of jealousy
in women—Purgatives — Senna—Venereal dis-
eases—Mastich.

One of the Italian monks of Neguade was at
Luxor ; he had come to go his round of begging,
and to collect the alms of the Catholics of this
canton. His expedition had been a good one,
and he loaded my boat with the pious contribu-
tions which he had levied. We reached Neguade
the a6th June, at nine o'clock in the evening,
and my seraphic guide conducted mc to his habi-
tation, where I remained for some days.

We were on the eve of the swelling of the Nile ;
its waters had changed their colour some days be-
fore,