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In fifteen months, and about 7,000 

 miles, I have passed through the Medi- 

 teiratiean, Misraim, Nubia, Kedar, 

 Idumea, Philistia, Judea, Samaria, Ca- 

 lilee, Phoenicia, Ccele, Syria, and Me- 

 sopotamia, having seen tlie sea of Pcii- 

 tapolis, have drunk of that of Tiberias, 

 and die Nile, the Jordan, Orontes, and 

 Euphrates; have ascen<ied the Pyra- 

 mids, Siou, Gevizim, Tabor, Libauus, 

 and Carmrl, and have reposed in tlie 

 tombs of Thebes, amongst the Cataracts 

 of Nubia, and upon the dust of Mem- 

 phis, Heliopolis,Ashkalon,Tyre, Sidon, 

 Balbek, Palmyra, Samaria, and Jera- 

 iialcm. 



Travideani's Letters to Canovafrom Egypt. [March \, 



excellent Captain Landalc ; and, em- 

 barking afterwpyi.s in a small boat, 1 

 sailed as far as Der Essafran, where it 

 is believed tliat Israel passed over, and 

 traversing almost in a right line the 

 tiimous se;i, 1 approached Del el Ham' 

 man. 



Departing by tlie walei'sof Suez, I 

 had ordered my Arabs to wait for me 

 at a place indicated, and judge of my 

 surprise upon my arrival to find no one 

 there ! 



The solitude of the place, the ineffi- 

 cacy of the bark to continue as far as 

 Tor, tlie wind contrary for my return 

 to Suez, the want of provisions and 

 water particularly, were the moumful 

 thoughts that sat heavy at my heart. 



But that immutaljle eternal Provi- 

 dence, ever present where he least ap- 

 pears so, but where most necessary, 

 caused in an instaijt my guides to ap- 

 proach: whenceby tliepath of the Chosen 

 People, I trod upon Paran and Sin, 

 and sighing, arrived at the sides of these 

 mountains, which are Sinai and Horeb. 



The first idea I conceived wlien for 

 the first time I heard of Moimt Libaniis, 

 was that of an insulated mountain, and 

 in such respect all the ideas of men are 

 alike, whence I shall call it the Country 

 of Libany instead of Mount Libanus; 

 that country as large almost as our 

 Abruzzo, and larger than our Tyrol, 

 which comprises luxuriant valleys, fer- 

 tile meadows, flowing rivers, beautiful 

 hills, very high mountains, populous 

 tovvns, ten bishoprics, seventy principa- 

 lities, and which can produce 50,000 

 champions for the protrction of its pre- 

 cious liberty. 



Mount Sinat, May 8, 1819. 



I write to you from the most memo- 

 rable heights in the world; but hear 

 how I came hither. 



Having closed the letter, I directed 

 to you from the ruins of Palmyra, I 

 followed the silent contemplation of 

 those remarkable remains, and, under 

 the protection of the hospitality of the 

 modern Palmyrenes, who are the best 

 Arabs I know of, I passed hours joyful 

 and tranquil. 



Their questions turned upon Bone- 

 borte (Buonaparte) and my Lady Stan- 

 hope; the former they remembered 

 from his expedition into Soria, for the 

 fame of him resounded greatly amongst 

 them, and the latter for the" liberality 

 displayed in the journey she undertook 

 in the desert. 



Their curiosity and my own being 

 satisfied, I continued my journey with 

 nty guide, and arrived at Damascus. 

 Thence, through Coele-Syria, I ascended 

 Libauus once more, which I was de- 

 lighted to contemplate amidst the hor- 

 rors of the winter, and descending to 

 Berytus by Phcenicia, the pleasant 

 Philistia, and the wearisome Elam, I 

 returned to the Nile. 



After one day's repose, I went to offer 

 my personal tribute to the Pyramids, 

 and (l-propos of these heaps, while I was 

 writing my name upon the third, called 

 Phryne, I perceived that Frediani was 

 the anagram of Din Frine. 



I then returned to Cairo, and as the 

 pestilential scourge was beginning to 

 mow down human victims, instead of 

 remaining there I thouglit better to con- 

 tinue my journey, and three days of 

 sand made me ejaculate Dulce videre 

 Suez. 



Having admired the progress and de- 

 crease of the waters, I put myself on 

 board an India ship, commanded bvtiic 



Cairo, December 1, 1820. 



Leaving Horeb and Sinai, from the 

 summits of which I ga/ed at lands 

 which form lucid points in the blaze of 

 human intellect, 1 descended into the 

 country of Elim, where still are to be 

 seen the palms and the wells that 

 quenched the thirst of the Jews. 



Having cooled myself in Tor, where 

 I tried its waters, I returned by the 

 road of Suez to Cairo, and going down 

 to Alexandria, I turned towards the 

 Lake Mareotis, thence to {h?kioi Maa die 

 and Etko, and making an excursion in 

 merry company to the beautiful Uo- 

 setta, I traversed the branch Boibitina, 

 the Delta, and arrived at the ruins of 

 Batis, and the mouth of the Sebeue. upon 

 the Fammeticus branch, in modern Da- 

 mietta. 



Embarking thence upon the Lake of 

 Memate, 



