Proceedings in Egi/pt and Nubia. 33 



of the noblest passions of the human heart. How then was it 

 possible not to be enamoured of such a man's society, an enjoy- 

 ment so seldom falling to the lot of wanderers ? 



Esneh, Sunday, Nov. 28. 



We passed the day again together, and devoted it to an exa- 

 mination of the town, and the remains of antiquity it possesses. 



Ibrahim returned to the boat with me at night, and we con- 

 tinued up nearly as late as on the preceding one, as busily and 

 as happily engaged as before. For myself, I feared the moment 

 of an interview would escape too fast, and that after we had 

 parted, I should still have a thousand questions to ask, which 

 he could have answered. 



Contra-Latopolis, Monday, Nov. 29. 



Breakfasting together, we took the boat to the opposite side 

 of the river, and walked to the ruined fragments of Contra-Latona, 

 as called by Arrowsmith ; by others, with more propriety, Con- 

 tra-Latopolis. 



I had fixed my departure for this morning, yet we had dined 

 and suffered the shadows of the evening to close upon us be- 

 fore we thought of separation ; and 'I am persuaded both were 

 willing to delay it, although our long night conversations had so 

 broken in upon our rest, as to occasion inconvenience to both 

 parties, but more particularly to Ibrahim, who had for some 

 months been suffering severely from an inveterate ophthalmia, 

 to which the night air is poison. It was agreed, however, that 

 our interview should break up at midnight, that I might depart 

 with the morning's dawn. There was but little hope of our 

 meeting again, and yet we talked of such a circumstance as 

 though we really anticipated it, either in the Red Sea, the Le- 

 vant, or in England. 



Ancient Eliethias, Tuesday, Nov. 30. 



We left Esneh with the earliest dawn of light, and with a faint 

 but steady breeze continued to make some progress against 

 the stream. I had passed the three last days so happily in the 



Vol. vim. D 



