Chapter XVI: Part II: Egypt (11)

+------------------------------------+
| NOVEMBER. |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| Day |Height|Height| |
|of the| of | of | Course of the |
|Month.|Therm.|Therm.| Wind. |
| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| 1 | 79 | 91 | } |
| | | | } |
| 2 | 78 | 88 | } |
| | | | } |
| 3 | 78 | 88 | } |
| | | | } |
| 4 | 79 | 87 | } |
| | | | } |
| 5 | 78 | 88 | } |
| | | | } |
| 6 | 78 | 86 | } |
| | | | } |
| 7 | 76 | 86 | } |
| | | | } |
| 8 | 74 | 85 | } |
| | | | } W. and |
| 9 | 74 | 86 | } often S.W. |
| | | | } |
| 10 | 75 | 85½ | } |
| | | | } |
| 11 | 73 | 84 | } |
| | | | } |
| 12 | 73 | 85 | } |
| | | | } |
| 13 | 73 | 86 | } |
| | | | } |
| 14 | 76 | 86 | } |
| | | | } |
| 15 | 72 | 83½ | } |
| | | | } |
| 16 | 74 | 84 | } |
| | | | } |
| 17 | 74 | 82 | } |
| | | | |
| 18 | 73 | 82 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 19 | 75 | 82 | N. |
| | | | |
| 20 | 74 | 83 | |
| | | | |
| 21 | 72 | 81 | N. |
| | | | |
| 22 | 72 | 81½ | N. |
| | | | |
| 23 | 73 | 81½ | } |
| | | | } |
| 24 | 73 | 82 | } |
| | | | } |
| 25 | 72 | 83 | } |
| | | | } |
| 26 | 74 | 83½ | } |
| | | | } N. or N.W. |
| 27 | 73 | 82 | } |
| | | | } |
| 28 | 73 | 81½ | } |
| | | | } |
| 29 | 72 | 82 | } |
| | | | } |
| 30 | 71½ | 83 | } |
+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+
| DECEMBER. |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| Day |Height|Height| |
|of the| of | of | Course of the |
|Month.|Therm.|Therm.| Wind. |
| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| 1 | 68 | 80½ | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 2 | 69 | 80 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 3 | 71 | 81 | |
| | | | |
| 4 | 73 | 82 | N.N.W. |
| | | | |
| 5 | 73 | 83 | S.W. |
| | | | |
| 6 | 72½ | 82 | S. & E. |
| | | | |
| 7 | 71 | 80 | S.E. |
| | | | |
| 8 | 73 | 83 | |
| | | | |
| 9 | 72 | 80 | |
| | | | |
| 10 | 72 | 83 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 11 | 69 | 80 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 12 | 68 | 79 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 13 | 68 | 81 | N. |
| | | | |
| 14 | 68 | 82 | N. ¼W. |
| | | | |
| 15 | 67 | 81 | } |
| | | | } |
| 16 | 66 | 82 | } No |
| | | | }settled wind.|
| 17 | 66½ | 82 | } |
| | | | } |
| 18 | 67 | 81 | } |
| | | | |
| 19 | 67 | 81 | } |
| | | | } |
| 20 | 68 | 82 | } |
| | | | } |
| 21 | 70 | 84 | } |
| | | | } |
| 22 | 71 | 84 | } |
| | | | } S. and S.E. |
| 23 | 70 | 84 | } |
| | | | } |
| 24 | 70 | 82 | } |
| | | | } |
| 25 | 70 | 81½ | } |
| | | | } |
| 26 | 66 | 80 | } |
| | | | |
| 27 | 66 | 81 | |
| | | | |
| 28 | 65 | 79 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 29 | 67 | 79 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 30 | 67 | 81 | |
| | | | |
| 31 | 68 | 81 | |
+------+------+------+---------------+

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE
FOR THE YEAR 1795.

+------------------------------------+
| JANUARY. |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| Day |Height|Height| |
|of the| of | of | Course of the |
|Month.|Therm.|Therm.| Wind. |
| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| 1 | 59 | 75 | } |
| | | | } |
| 2 | 64 | 78 | } |
| | | | } |
| 3 | 58 | 74 | } |
| | | | } |
| 4 | 58 | 76 | } |
| | | | } |
| 5 | 60 | 76 | } |
| | | | } |
| 6 | 61 | 76 | } |
| | | | } |
| 7 | 62 | 77 | } |
| | | | } |
| 8 | 63 | 78 | } |
| | | | } |
| 9 | 63 | 76 | } |
| | | | } |
| 10 | 63 | 76 | } |
| | | | } |
| 11 | 60 | 75 | } Generally |
| | | | } N.W. or N. |
| 12 | 57 | 69 | } and very |
| | | | } violent. |
| 13 | 57 | 69 | } |
| | | | } |
| 14 | 57 | 71 | } |
| | | | } |
| 15 | 56 | 73 | } |
| | | | } |
| 16 | 56 | 73 | } |
| | | | } |
| 17 | 55 | 72½ | } |
| | | | } |
| 18 | 59 | 77 | } |
| | | | } |
| 19 | 58 | 77 | } |
| | | | } |
| 20 | 58 | 78 | } |
| | | | } |
| 21 | 60 | 81 | } |
| | | | } |
| 22 | 60 | 79 | } |
| | | | } |
| 23 | 59 | 79 | } |
| | | | |
| 24 | 60 | 79 | } |
| | | | } |
| 25 | 58 | 80 | } |
| | | | } |
| 26 | 62 | 80 | } |
| | | | } |
| 27 | 60 | 81 | } |
| | | | } S. and S.E. |
| 28 | 62½ | 81 | } or calm. |
| | | | } |
| 29 | 60 | 80 | } |
| | | | } |
| 30 | 61 | 80 | } |
| | | | } |
| 31 | 59 | 78½ | } |
+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+
| FEBRUARY. |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| Day |Height|Height| |
|of the| of | of | Course of the |
|Month.|Therm.|Therm.| Wind. |
| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| 1 | 57 | 74 | |
| | | | |
| 2 | 56 | 75 | N. |
| | | | |
| 3 | 59 | 75 | N. |
| | | | |
| 4 | 60 | 77 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 5 | 60 | 76 | N. |
| | | | |
| 6 | 61 | 76 | |
| | | | |
| 7 | 57 | 72 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 8 | 48 | 66 | N. |
| | | | |
| 9 | 50 | 71 | N. |
| | | | |
| 10 | 54 | 71 | |
| | | | |
| 11 | 52 | 74 | |
| | | | |
| 12 | 55 | 76 | N.N.W. |
| | | | |
| 13 | 55 | 74 | |
| | | | |
| 14 | 57 | 75 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 15 | 56 | 76 | |
| | | | |
| 16 | 59 | 76 | |
| | | | |
| 17 | 59 | 76 | |
| | | | |
| 18 | 60 | 78 | } |
| | | | } |
| 19 | 60 | 80 | } |
| | | | } |
| 20 | 63 | 80 | } |
| | | | } |
| 21 | 64 | 81 | } |
| | | | } |
| 22 | 65 | 81 | } |
| | | | } Generally |
| 23 | 65 | 83 | } South. |
| | | | } |
| 24 | 65 | 82 | } |
| | | | } |
| 25 | 64 | 82½ | } |
| | | | } |
| 26 | 64 | 82 | } |
| | | | } |
| 27 | 66 | 83 | } |
| | | | } |
| 28 | 66 | 84 | } |
+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+
| MARCH. |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| Day |Height|Height| |
|of the| of | of | Course of the |
|Month.|Therm.|Therm.| Wind. |
| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| 1 | 65 | 81 | } |
| | | | } |
| 2 | 66 | 84 | } |
| | | | } |
| 3 | 66 | 80 | } |
| | | | } |
| 4 | 66 | 82 | } |
| | | | } |
| 5 | 74 | 86 | } |
| | | | } |
| 6 | 72 | 90 | } |
| | | | } Very |
| 7 | 74 | 90 | } variable. |
| | | | } |
| 8 | 74 | 91 | } |
| | | | } |
| 9 | 69 | 88 | } |
| | | | } |
| 10 | 68 | 88 | } |
| | | | } |
| 11 | 68 | 90 | } |
| | | | } |
| 12 | 71 | 90 | } |
| | | | } |
| 13 | 72½ | 92 | } |
| | | | |
| 14 | 73 | 92 | S.W. |
| | | | |
| 15 | 71 | 92 | S.W. |
| | | | |
| 16 | 70 | 91 | |
| | | | |
| 17 | 72 | 91 | W. |
| | | | |
| 18 | 74 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 19 | 75 | 93 | |
| | | | |
| 20 | 76 | 93 | } |
| | | | } S. |
| 21 | 75 | 93 | } |
| | | | |
| 22 | 75 | 92½ | |
| | | | |
| 23 | 74 | 93 | |
| | | | |
| 24 | 72½ | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 25 | 71 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 26 | 77 | 94 | S. |
| | | | |
| 27 | 74 | 91 | |
| | | | |
| 28 | 76 | 90 | |
| | | | |
| 29 | 76 | 93 | |
| | | | |
| 30 | 73 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 31 | 70 | 91 | N.W. |
+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+
| APRIL. |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| Day |Height|Height| |
|of the| of | of | Course of the |
|Month.|Therm.|Therm.| Wind. |
| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| 1 | 70 | 90 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 2 | 72 | 90 | N. |
| | | | |
| 3 | 72 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 4 | 73 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 5 | 76 | 93 | |
| | | | |
| 6 | 76 | 93 | |
| | | | |
| 7 | 77 | 93 | |
| | | | |
| 8 | 77 | 94 | |
| | | | |
| 9 | 77 | 94 | |
| | | | |
| 10 | 80 | 96 | } |
| | | | } |
| 11 | 80 | 96 | } S.S.E. |
| | | | } |
| 12 | 76 | 92 | } |
| | | | |
| 13 | 75 | 92 | } |
| | | | } |
| 14 | 74 | 92 | } |
| | | | } |
| 15 | 73 | 91 | } |
| | | | } |
| 16 | 73 | 92 | } |
| | | | } |
| 17 | 75 | 93 | } |
| | | | } |
| 18 | 75 | 95 | } |
| | | | } |
| 19 | 76 | 95 | } |
| | | | } |
| 20 | 76 | 95 | } |
| | | | } |
| 21 | 77 | 94 | } |
| | | | } Variable. |
| 22 | 77 | 94 | } |
| | | | } |
| 23 | 76 | 94 | } |
| | | | } |
| 24 | 74 | 93 | } |
| | | | } |
| 25 | 74 | 93 | } |
| | | | } |
| 26 | 72 | 93 | } |
| | | | } |
| 27 | 73 | 95½ | } |
| | | | } |
| 28 | 72 | 94 | } |
| | | | } |
| 29 | 73 | 94 | } |
| | | | } |
| 30 | 75 | 95½ | } |
+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+
| MAY. |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| Day |Height|Height| |
|of the| of | of | Course of the |
|Month.|Therm.|Therm.| Wind. |
| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| 1 | 77 | 93 | N. |
| | | | |
| 2 | 76 | 94 | N. |
| | | | |
| 3 | 76 | 94 | N. |
| | | | |
| 4 | 77 | 94 | |
| | | | |
| 5 | 75 | 93 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 6 | 77 | 96 | N.N.W. |
| | | | |
| 7 | 78 | 96 | |
| | | | |
| 8 | 78 | 96 | S. |
| | | | |
| 9 | 76 | 95 | |
| | | | |
| 10 | 76 | 95 | |
| | | | |
| 11 | 74 | 95 | |
| | | | |
| 12 | 73 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 13 | 73 | 91 | N.E. |
| | | | |
| 14 | 72 | 91 | N.E. |
| | | | |
| 15 | 70 | 89 | N.E. |
| | | | |
| 16 | 79 | 89 | |
| | | | |
| 17 | 71 | 89 | |
| | | | |
| 18 | 75 | 92 | S.E. |
| | | | |
| 19 | 73 | 92 | S.E. |
| | | | |
| 20 | 75 | 92½ | |
| | | | |
| 21 | 74 | 95 | S. |
| | | | |
| 22 | 74 | 95 | S. |
| | | | |
| 23 | 76 | 95 | S. |
| | | | |
| 24 | 78 | 100 | S.E. |
| | | | |
| 25 | 79 | 98 | S. |
| | | | |
| 26 | 78 | 98 | S. |
| | | | |
| 27 | 79 | 98 | S.S.E. |
| | | | |
| 28 | 77 | 96 | |
| | | | |
| 29 | 77 | 95 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 30 | 78 | 96 | |
| | | | |
| 31 | 78 | 97 | |
+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+
| JUNE. |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| Day |Height|Height| |
|of the| of | of | Course of the |
|Month.|Therm.|Therm.| Wind. |
| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| 1 | 76 | 88 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 2 | 76 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 3 | 78 | 93 | N.N.W. |
| | | | |
| 4 | 77 | 92½ | |
| | | | |
| 5 | 80 | 90 | |
| | | | |
| 6 | 78 | 91 | N. |
| | | | |
| 7 | 78 | 92 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 8 | 79 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 9 | 81 | 98 | } |
| | | | } |
| 10 | 83 | 98 | } |
| | | | } |
| 11 | 82 | 98 | } |
| | | | } |
| 12 | 81 | 97 | } S. |
| | | | } |
| 13 | 70 | 97 | } |
| | | | } |
| 14 | 79 | 95 | } |
| | | | } |
| 15 | 76 | 94 | } |
| | | | |
| 16 | 76 | 94 | } |
| | | | } |
| 17 | 77 | 93 | } |
| | | | } |
| 18 | 77 | 94 | } |
| | | | } |
| 19 | 80 | 95 | } |
| | | | } |
| 20 | 80 | 94 | } |
| | | | } |
| 21 | 81 | 96 | } |
| | | | } |
| 22 | 78 | 92½ | } |
| | | | } |
| 23 | 76 | 98 | } Generally |
| | | | } South. |
| 24 | 80 | 98 | } |
| | | | } |
| 25 | 79 | 96 | } |
| | | | } |
| 26 | 81 | 97 | } |
| | | | } |
| 27 | 82 | 97 | } |
| | | | } |
| 28 | 80 | 96 | } |
| | | | } |
| 29 | 79 | 94½ | } |
| | | | } |
| 30 | 82½ | 96 | } |
+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+
| JULY. |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| Day |Height|Height| |
|of the| of | of | Course of the |
|Month.|Therm.|Therm.| Wind. |
| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| 1 | 80 | | |
| | | | |
| 2 | | 96 | |
| | | | |
| 3 | | | |
| | | | |
| 4 | | | |
| | | | |
| 5 | | | |
| | | | |
| 6 | | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 7 | | | |
| | | | |
| 8 | 78 | 91 | |
| | | | |
| 9 | 80 | 96 | |
| | | | |
| 10 | 81 | 98 | |
| | | | |
| 11 | 81 | 101 | |
| | | | |
| 12 | 80 | 97 | |
| | | | |
| 13 | 79 | 97 | |
| | | | |
| 14 | 80 | 96 | |
| | | | N. or N.W. |
| 15 | 78 | 93 | during short |
| | | | intervals, |
| 16 | 77 | 93 | but generally |
| | | | S. or S.E. or |
| 17 | 78 | 92 | calm. |
| | | | |
| 18 | 76 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 19 | 78 | 94 | |
| | | | |
| 20 | | 93 | |
| | | | |
| 21 | 76 | 91 | |
| | | | |
| 22 | 79 | 94½ | |
| | | | |
| 23 | 80 | 94 | |
| | | | |
| 24 | 80 | 93 | |
| | | | |
| 25 | 81 | 95 | |
| | | | |
| 26 | 77 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 27 | 78 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 28 | 78 | 94½ | |
| | | | |
| 29 | 79 | 96 | |
| | | | |
| 30 | 79 | 94 | |
| | | | |
| 31 | 80 | 99 | |
+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+
| AUGUST. |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| Day |Height|Height| |
|of the| of | of | Course of the |
|Month.|Therm.|Therm.| Wind. |
| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| 1 | 78 | 95 | |
| | | | |
| 2 | 78 | 94 | |
| | | | |
| 3 | 75 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 4 | 74½ | 93 | |
| | | | |
| 5 | 73 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 6 | 77 | 95 | |
| | | | |
| 7 | 78 | 97 | |
| | | | |
| 8 | 79 | 96 | |
| | | | |
| 9 | 77 | 98 | S. |
| | | | |
| 10 | 81 | 100 | S.S.E. |
| | | | |
| 11 | 80 | | |
| | | | |
| 12 | 79 | | |
| | | | |
| 13 | 76 | 94 | |
| | | | |
| 14 | 78 | 94 | |
| | | | |
| 15 | 79 | 95 | |
| | | | |
| 16 | 78 | 95 | |
| | | | |
| 17 | 76 | 95 | |
| | | | |
| 18 | 79 | 96 | |
| | | | |
| 19 | 80 | 99 | S. |
| | | | |
| 20 | 77 | 94 | |
| | | | |
| 21 | 76 | 94 | |
| | | | |
| 22 | 75 | 94 | |
| | | | |
| 23 | 77 | 95 | |
| | | | |
| 24 | 77 | 93 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 25 | 75 | 93 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 26 | 76 | 94 | N.N.W. |
| | | | |
| 27 | 75 | 92 | N. |
| | | | |
| 28 | 78 | 94 | |
| | | | |
| 29 | 80 | 96 | S.W. |
| | | | |
| 30 | 78 | 95 | S. |
| | | | |
| 31 | 77 | 95 | |
+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+
| SEPTEMBER. |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| Day |Height|Height| |
|of the| of | of | Course of the |
|Month.|Therm.|Therm.| Wind. |
| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| 1 | | | |
| | | | |
| 2 | | | |
| | | | |
| 3 | | | |
| | | | |
| 4 | | | |
| | | | |
| 5 | | | |
| | | | |
| 6 | | | |
| | | | |
| 7 | | | |
| | | | |
| 8 | 77 | 93 | } |
| | | | } |
| 9 | 80 | 95 | } |
| | | | } |
| 10 | 81 | 95 | } |
| | | | } |
| 11 | 79 | 93 | } |
| | | | } Always |
| 12 | 78 | 93 | } S.E. or |
| | | | } S. |
| 13 | 80 | 94 | } |
| | | | } |
| 14 | 77 | 92 | } |
| | | | } |
| 15 | 75 | 92 | } |
| | | | } |
| 16 | 74 | 90 | } |
| | | | |
| 17 | | | |
| | | | |
| 18 | | | |
| | | | |
| 19 | | | |
| | | | |
| 20 | | | |
| | | | |
| 21 | | | |
| | | | |
| 22 | | | |
| | | | |
| 23 | | | |
| | | | |
| 24 | | | |
| | | | |
| 25 | | | |
| | | | |
| 26 | | | |
| | | | |
| 27 | | | |
| | | | |
| 28 | | | |
| | | | |
| 29 | 74 | 90 | N.E. |
| | | | |
| 30 | 75 | 90 | N.E. |
+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+
| OCTOBER. |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| Day |Height|Height| |
|of the| of | of | Course of the |
|Month.|Therm.|Therm.| Wind. |
| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| 1 | 76 | 90 | |
| | | | |
| 2 | 75 | 91 | |
| | | | |
| 3 | 80 | 93 | N. |
| | | | |
| 4 | 78 | 93 | |
| | | | |
| 5 | 77 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 6 | 77 | 90 | |
| | | | |
| 7 | 77 | 91 | |
| | | | |
| 8 | 76 | 91 | |
| | | | |
| 9 | 78 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 10 | 80 | 92 | |
| | | | |
| 11 | 75 | 90 | N.W. |
| | | | |
| 12 | 74 | 87 | N.N.W. |
| | | | |
| 13 | 74 | 86 | |
| | | | |
| 14 | 72 | 86 | N.W.N. |
| | | | |
| 15 | 72½ | 86 | |
| | | | |
| 16 | 73 | 84 | |
| | | | |
| 17 | 75 | 86 | |
| | | | |
| 18 | 77 | 87 | |
| | | | |
| 19 | 76 | 87 | N. |
| | | | |
| 20 | 80 | 89 | |
| | | | |
| 21 | 76 | 86 | |
| | | | |
| 22 | 75 | 85 | |
| | | | |
| 23 | 75 | 84 | |
| | | | |
| 24 | 74 | 84 | |
| | | | |
| 25 | 76 | 84½ | |
| | | | |
| 26 | 75½ | 86 | |
| | | | |
| 27 | 74 | 84 | |
| | | | |
| 28 | | | |
| | | | |
| 29 | 72 | 81 | |
| | | | |
| 30 | 73 | 81 | |
| | | | |
| 31 | 72 | 81 | |
+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+
| NOVEMBER. |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| Day |Height|Height| |
|of the| of | of | Course of the |
|Month.|Therm.|Therm.| Wind. |
| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |
+------+------+------+---------------+
| 1 | 70 | 83 | |
| | | | |
| 2 | 72 | 87 | S. |
| | | | |
| 3 | 71 | 86 | |
| | | | |
| 4 | 72 | 86 | |
| | | | |
| 5 | 73 | 87 | |
| | | | |
| 6 | 69 | 88 | |
| | | | |
| 7 | 69 | 82 | N.E. |
| | | | |
| 8 | 70 | 82 | N.N.E. |
| | | | |
| 9 | 69 | 81 | |
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| 10 | 68 | 80 | |
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| 11 | 68 | 82 | |
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| 12 | 69 | 80 | |
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| 13 | 70 | 80 | |
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| 14 | 68 | 79 | |
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| 15 | 69 | 83 | |
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| 16 | 72 | 86 | |
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| 17 | 72½ | 84 | |
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| 18 | 72 | 83½ | |
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| 19 | 70 | 81 | |
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| 20 | 71 | 82 | } |
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| 21 | 73 | 82 | } |
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| 22 | 72 | 83 | } |
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| 23 | 72 | 84 | } S. |
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| 24 | 73½ | 86 | } |
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| 25 | 73 | 85 | } |
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| 26 | 72 | 85 | } |
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| 27 | 74 | 82 | |
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| 28 | 71 | 80 | |
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| 29 | 70 | 80 | |
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| 30 | 70 | 79 | |
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| DECEMBER. |
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|of the| of | of | Course of the |
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| 12 | 59 | 71 | } |
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| 13 | 60 | 73 | } |
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| 14 | 62 | 79 | } |
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| 15 | 57 | 76 | } N. |
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| 16 | 57 | 77 | } |
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| 17 | 58 | 79 | } |
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| 18 | 57 | 78 | } |
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| 19 | 60 | 79 | |
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| 20 | 60 | 80 | } |
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| 21 | 62 | 80 | } |
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| 22 | 62½ | 81 | } |
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| 23 | 61 | 81 | } S.W. |
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| 24 | 57 | 80 | } |
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| 25 | 58 | 80 | } |
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| 26 | 56 | 74 | } |
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| 27 | 60 | 76 | |
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| 28 | 56 | 76 | |
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| 29 | 57 | 76 | |
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| 30 | 58 | 77 | |
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| 31 | 57 | 76 | |
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=No. IV.=

_Some Observations on the account of Egypt given in the works of
Savary and Volney._

Vol. i. p. 27. Savary says, Alexandria is only a village, containing scarcely six thousand inhabitants. The fall of Alexandria from its antient splendour has already been remarked; and how vague all computations of number must necessarily be, by persons who reside there only for a few weeks or months. But Alexandria alone furnished to the Imperial army and navy, in the war with the Russians, four thousand men able to bear arms. This, with other circumstances, might serve to prove that the population must greatly exceed the number mentioned.

He computes the people of Damiatt at eighty thousand, which appears no less extravagant on the other side, and is certainly at least double the real number.

Vol. i. p. 220. Savary’s description of the topography of Memphis is characterized by an apparent error. He speaks of the small bourg _Menf_, antiently Memphis, a little to the South of the Pyramids. It is somewhat singular, that no one writer before him should have found a spot so remarkably coinciding in name with the antient capital. The writer of this inquired repeatedly for such a village, but always without effect; and _Olivier_ and _Brugniere_, in the employ of the French Republic, who passed several months in Egypt, nearly at the same epoch, were equally unsuccessful in their researches. So that it would seem fair to pronounce that no such place exists. The only town in Egypt which bears even a distant resemblance to the name of Memphis, is _Menúf_, which is many leagues to the North, and within the Delta.

P. 275. The story of Murad Bey discovering his father, it is somewhat surprising should have escaped all the merchants residing in Egypt, some of them almost half a century, and always eager for anecdotes of this kind. The inventive talent of the Greek servants is indeed often put in activity to amuse strangers with such tales, but Savary, who was so experienced in Egypt, should have had more discrimination than to blend _des contes de ma mere l’oye_ with historic narration. The facts are wholly discordant.—The man is a labourer of the environs of Damascus, Murad Bey a native of Georgia.—To go from Damascus to Kahira he embarks at Alexandretta, seventeen days journey N.W. of Damascus, when he might have gone to Beirût, Seidé, Akka, or Yaffa, each of them four days. This labourer travels with the eccentricity of a comet; and even the French philosopher is lost in calculating his course. But Savary was writing on Egypt, and is not obliged to know the geography of Syria.

P. 288. J’ai tué plusieurs _Ibis_ dans les marais près de _Rossette_. Ils ont les pattes longues, le corps mince, alternativement blanc et noir, et le col allongé. Ils vivent de poissons, de grenouilles et de reptiles.

Had Savary given the Arabic name of this curious bird, that sups on so many different dishes, the extent of his own error might have been exactly known, by comparing the bird he means with the figure of the real _Ibis_. Others are contented with seeing one Ibis, but they have come in covies to welcome M. Savary, and he compliments them with a volley of small shot. S. should have known, that birds accustomed to feed on fish, do not commonly eat reptiles, and _vice versâ_.

Vol. ii. p. 59. The Ruin at Achmunein had before been fully described by Pococke; Norden passed it in the night, and therefore saw it not. Bruce has also mentioned it. What is described as gilding, however, on this and other monuments, I take to be yellow colour, never having seen any instances of gilding in the antient remains of Egypt. It might be curious to inquire of what materials these colours were composed, which have thus defied the ravages of time.

Vol. iii. p. 33. Savary speaks of the military corps of Assabs as still in being, but some years before his time that body had been dissolved, and no longer existed.

The Janizaries are still inrolled, to the number of about fourteen thousand; but the greater part of them are peaceable citizens, who never handle either sword or musket. From them are appointed the gate-keepers, a small garrison in the castle, &c. &c.

A body of Janizaries was called out and maintained by Ali Bey, but since the time of Mohammed Bey Abu-dhahab I have not understood that they have been on active service. The Yenk-tcheri aga, or commander in chief of the Janizaries, ranks as a Bey, as do the _Kiahia_ and _Ichawûsh_. These three are elected in the Divân of the Beys. The inferior officers are appointed by the _Shech-el-belad_, as are the officers of the city police.

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Volney seems generally to hint that women are despised in Egypt, and says, they can possess no inheritance in lands.

They are exactly in the same predicament with the other sex as to inheritance of land, and receive possession by paying a fine to the government, from which none are exempted. In fact, their situation is in many respects better than that of men. Public opinion is in their favour, and their property is generally more respected, and they are treated more equitably than males. Their complaints, in case of injustice, sometimes carried even to intemperance, are heard with more patience.

A large portion of landed property having devolved to a widow at _Monfalût_ in Said, Solyman Bey, Senjiak of Said, desired to purchase it at the price the widow might demand. She refused, and he afterwards married her to gain possession, though she was both old and diseased.

English edit. Vol. I. p. 216. Volney says, that when there are no ships at Suez, that town has no other inhabitants than the Mamlûk governor, and a garrison, consisting of twelve or fourteen persons.—In Suez are twelve or thirteen mosques, which could never have been designed for a garrison of so few persons. There are also several coffee-houses. In truth the inhabitants are not numerous, but there are four or five considerable merchants constantly residing there, who have their correspondents at Kahira, and in the towns of Arabia, and conduct the commerce between Egypt and India. There is consequently a proportionate number of their dependents, and persons who manage commercial affairs of a less considerable kind. There are ship-builders, and several other artificers; a large khan or okal where merchandize is lodged; some Greek Christians constantly residing there; Mohammedan ecclesiastics, and others; and a number of fishermen and people more immediately connected with the sea. The population is restrained by the difficulty of procuring water, scarcity of provisions, and other inconveniences; but invariably much exceeding the estimate here given.

P. 263. Volney remarks, that the horizon is every where flat, even in the Upper Egypt, and refers for a proof of his assertion to Norden’s Plates, which demonstrate precisely the reverse. The fact is true indeed as to Lower Egypt, but from Kahira upward to Assûan there is only a very small space where the view is not terminated by the mountains, of various aspects, on each side.

=No. V.=

_Some remarks on the account of Egypt, contained in the recent correspondence of the French officers who accompanied Buonaparte to that country. The work referred to is intitled_, PARIS, PENDANT L’ANNEE 1798. _Par_ PELTIER. _Vols._ xix. _and_ xx.

Vol. 19, page 455. The distance from Cairo to the cataract is about 360 Geog. miles. The Nile is never an impetuous torrent, nor does it ever overflow its banks in the whole course from Assûan to Kahira, but is admitted at proper times into the transverse channels prepared for it.

P. 457. The Arabs, it is evident, would not build walls of much greater extent than the habitations they proposed to defend. A very small part of these being now filled, shews that the decay the city has undergone since the Turks became possessed of it, has even been greater than what it sustained from the time of Severus to the Saracenic conquests.

P. 459. Old Kahira is not Fostat, but Misr el attîké, further South.

_Lettre de Boyer._

P. 475. I doubt whether any one of the towers about Alexandria would contain 700 men.

P. 475. The writer says every Mamlûk is bought; and yet there are Frenchmen among them.—Where are Frenchmen sold? It is probable no Frenchman would be found among them, unless perhaps two or three individuals who might have embraced Mohammedism, but who certainly never were sold. In an engagement, I believe, no one has more than a single piéton with him; for those inconsiderable officers, who are attended on ordinary occasions by numerous followers, when in the field, avoid as much as possible any shew of preeminence, which would only expose their persons to greater danger.

P. 476. A Mamlûk has rarely more than one fusil, which he discharges once, and then gives to his piéton, to reload if he find opportunity.—One pair of pistols is attached to the body, and the second pair is carried in holsters, never about the body.—Of the arrows in a quiver I have no knowlege; occasionally in engaging the Bedouins the Mamlûks use a light spear, about six feet long, or a _misdrâk_, which is often ten or twelve feet.—The former is thrown, the latter never discharged from the hand. But these are by no means part of their common arms.—One sabre is used most adroitly and with extraordinary effect, by every expert horseman, but never two.—This part of the officer’s account seems taken from the mouth of some Egyptian peasant, who, as usual, exaggerated.

P. 476. From Alexandria to the mouth of the Nile is not twenty leagues, but from twelve to fifteen.—The anecdote of the shech in the same page appears authentic.

P. 479. The Mohammedans in general, and the Egyptians in particular, of whatever order, are very far from being regardless of the children.—On the contrary, they are extremely anxious for their welfare. Perhaps their domestic government may in some degree afford an example of the happy medium between weak indulgence and unnecessary severity; and parents daily experience the benefit of this their moderation. Very few instances of ingratitude are seen in their children. Women offering to sell their children, it remained for Boyer to discover. If reduced to desperation they might have desired rather to see their offspring in slavery than pierced with bayonets; but not the most wretched of Egyptian mothers would ever have consented at any price to sell her child, even to Murad Bey. I rather imagine the writer mistaken as to this fact.

_A moitié nuds._ Would not men go half naked in Great Britain if the climate permitted it?—_La peau dégoûtante._ In the populace of no nation are fewer cutaneous diseases found, or the skin more smooth and healthy, than in the Egyptians. _Fouillant dans des ruisseaux_, &c. Are hedgers and ditchers in any country very polished and delicate?—None are found raking the muddy channels but those whose business it is to keep them clean. The houses of the Alexandrines are neat, and _comfortable_ according to their ideas, though perhaps they would appear gloomy to a French or English man.

P. 480. This is not quite correct. On the West of the W. branch of the Nile, the arable lands are very narrow, but to the East they extend along the road to Bilbeis and Salehich. The villages indeed are ill built; yet a house is here of little use but as a shelter from the sun. One of our neat, snug, brick houses, covered with red tiles, would be absolutely intolerable in Egypt. They are poor because the government is oppressive, not because they are uninclined to labour. The muddy appearance of the Nile water is no motive for any Egyptian to abstain from drinking it; nor is any other circumstance attending it, except its being polluted. Water, according to their law, is not polluted by a camel, a horse, or an ox drinking of it; but it is by a dog’s drinking, or a man washing his hands in it.

481. Boyer seems to have been too hasty in numbering the inhabitants—400,000 seems to me about one-fourth too much.

Ibid. The streets of Kahira are narrow, but inconveniences would attend their being wider. The houses are by no means without order: two long streets, as is seen in Niebuhr’s plan, bisect the city longitudinally and parallel with the river. The streets are often rectilinear, though they are by no means rectangular.

The ecclesiastics all read, and many of them write. All merchants of any consequence read, and many write. Often their female offspring are taught to read. The Copts most of them read and write. Who then regards the arts of reading and writing with admiration? The soldiers, the peasants, and the laborious part of the populace are ignorant enough of reading and writing, but by no means wonder or are astonished at what they see daily practised.

_Berthier’s Letter, 2 Fructidor._

P. 536. All Egypt, according to this writer, is in submission to the French troops; but it appears the farthest post the latter have occupied is at four leagues from Cairo, where there is an entrenched camp; then there remain 130 leagues yet to subdue.

P. 599. It seems to me impossible that the old port could contain half the number of vessels here mentioned, viz. 300.

—. This place, whose name is so murdered, is spelled Jibbrîsh.

P. 603. In Julien’s letter, I know not how the flag could be placed on the walls of _the celebrated city Thebes_, when all that remains of that city is the ruins of public buildings, that formed a part of its interior.—_Often join, &c._ There is one annual feast dedicated to the Prophet, called _Mewlet-en-Nebbi_, which lasts one day; and one feast also annual in honour of cutting the _Chalige_, which also lasts one day. How did the soldiers then often celebrate them?

604. The canal of Alexandria wanted nothing more than to be cleared of the sand which had accumulated in it, and to be defended by a dike against the incroachments of the sea, which the citizens of Alexandria refused to do for themselves, lest the repair of all other public works should be expected from them, and the Beys would not do it for them.

_Dolomieu’s Letter._