98 RAMBLES OF A NATURALIST. 



our boat, and very pretty she looked with about lOO lanterns, 

 each reflected in the water. 



Minieh, Siout, and Keneh, are good-sized towns, which 

 merit a visit. Keneh is celebrated for its dates, which are 

 too much flavoured with musk for my taste. At Siout 

 there is a manufactory of pottery very much patronised by 

 English tourists. The principal things turned out are red 

 and black pots trays, gooleh jars, pipe bowls {some of them 

 on wheels), coffee cups, and " Crocodile foot scrapers," 

 which are bought for a mere nothing and packed in crates 

 by the vendors. 



