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TRAVELS IN UPPER
CHAP. XLIX.
T7ie effects of missions hi Egypt—Character of the
European monks ivho reside there—Perfidy of
those of Neguade—The author sfarewell to Isma'i/i-
j4bou-Ali—The gardens of Kous—Citron-trees—
Grapes— Melons— Water-melon—Dates—Doum
—The real acacia—Sesame, its oil, mode of pre-
paring it—Diseases of the skin at the period of
the swelling of the Nile.
The name of Franks, which in the East denotes
all the Europeans of whatever country, held in
esteem among the Turks, despised in the cities of
Lower Egypt, was considered with horror by the
inhabitant of the Said. This hatred is instilled
by the Cophls, who are more numerous here than
in those districts farther to the north. They felt
sore at the arrival of some missionaries who came
from Italy purposely to preach against them, to
expose them openly as heretics and dogs, and to
damn them without pity.
Intolerance of this kind, these pious injuries, had
perhaps merit in the view of theology; but they
were extremely prejudicial to commerce and to the
increase of knowledge. Indeed, means of this na-
ture
CHAP. XLIX.
T7ie effects of missions hi Egypt—Character of the
European monks ivho reside there—Perfidy of
those of Neguade—The author sfarewell to Isma'i/i-
j4bou-Ali—The gardens of Kous—Citron-trees—
Grapes— Melons— Water-melon—Dates—Doum
—The real acacia—Sesame, its oil, mode of pre-
paring it—Diseases of the skin at the period of
the swelling of the Nile.
The name of Franks, which in the East denotes
all the Europeans of whatever country, held in
esteem among the Turks, despised in the cities of
Lower Egypt, was considered with horror by the
inhabitant of the Said. This hatred is instilled
by the Cophls, who are more numerous here than
in those districts farther to the north. They felt
sore at the arrival of some missionaries who came
from Italy purposely to preach against them, to
expose them openly as heretics and dogs, and to
damn them without pity.
Intolerance of this kind, these pious injuries, had
perhaps merit in the view of theology; but they
were extremely prejudicial to commerce and to the
increase of knowledge. Indeed, means of this na-
ture