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AtJD LOWER EGYPT. 465
is left of the industry of its former inhabitants but
a wretched manufacture of earthen-ware.
Between Kous and Kemie, Koft is situated, a
village on the coast, near the spot on which the an-
cient town of Ccfhlos stood, and which the com-
merce of the Red Sea also rendered a flourishing
place. Several authors assert that the canal of the
Red Sea, now filled up, terminated here, while
others place its boundary in the neighbourhood of
Kenne.
This last district is opposite to DenJera, which I
visited for the second time. 1 did not fail again to
cast a glance of admiration on the temple which
the Teniyrites had consecrated to Isis, a monument
in a higher state of preservation than any other in
Egypt. I met the same friendly reception from the
Emir as before : he presented me with a very beau-
tiful antique head of white marble, but I lost this,
with a number of other curiosities, which were
taken from roe.
Continuing to descend along the Nile, whose
waves grew more disturbed, and rose into a greater
swell every dav, we stopped on the 25th at Rashie,
a village on the western bank of the river, where
we purchased some provisions. From thence we
proceeded to Kclht, another village on the same
side,
is left of the industry of its former inhabitants but
a wretched manufacture of earthen-ware.
Between Kous and Kemie, Koft is situated, a
village on the coast, near the spot on which the an-
cient town of Ccfhlos stood, and which the com-
merce of the Red Sea also rendered a flourishing
place. Several authors assert that the canal of the
Red Sea, now filled up, terminated here, while
others place its boundary in the neighbourhood of
Kenne.
This last district is opposite to DenJera, which I
visited for the second time. 1 did not fail again to
cast a glance of admiration on the temple which
the Teniyrites had consecrated to Isis, a monument
in a higher state of preservation than any other in
Egypt. I met the same friendly reception from the
Emir as before : he presented me with a very beau-
tiful antique head of white marble, but I lost this,
with a number of other curiosities, which were
taken from roe.
Continuing to descend along the Nile, whose
waves grew more disturbed, and rose into a greater
swell every dav, we stopped on the 25th at Rashie,
a village on the western bank of the river, where
we purchased some provisions. From thence we
proceeded to Kclht, another village on the same
side,