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The kanjas have a cabin in the stern, similar to that of a 

 gondola ; and, though low, it is sufficiently large for two per- 

 sons. The servants cook the victuals in the forepart of the 

 boat. The hire of the boat and crew is from twenty to thir- 

 ty Spanish dollars a month. 



The antiquities of Alexandria, the position of our army, 

 the site of the action with the French in 1801, may be seen in 

 three or four days. Mr Lee, our consul resident at Alexan- 

 dria, is extremely hospitable and kind in lending every assist- 

 ance. In Alexandria there is an hotel kept by a Maltese,. 

 and a table d'hote. 



It will take a week to sail by the new canal into the Nile 

 and ascend to Cairo ; but if Rosetta be visited a couple of 

 days more will be required. 



At Cairo there is a very good hotel kept by a Frenchman, 

 a table d'hote, &c. The expence there will be about a dollar 

 a day. At Cairo there is also an excellent Cicerone, a Scots- 

 man named Osman, dragoman to the consulate, who is ex- 

 tremely useful, not only in visiting the antiquities, &c. but 

 in procuring the boats and supplies. Ten days will be well 

 occupied in seeing Cairo, and in making arrangements for the 

 journey. 



Cairo is the last place where wine can be procured, and 

 here, as the expence of transport-carriage across the desert is 

 very trifling, it is well to take a good supply. The packages 

 should be such as will fit the side of a camel ; about four 

 dozen. Besides a sufficient quantity of powder and shot for 

 use, a few canisters of fine powder should be taken as pre- 

 sents for any Cashif or governor who may be civil. These 

 supplies may be procured in Egypt, but better and much 

 cheaper in Malta, or at the port where you embark from Eu- 

 rope. 



The desert betwixt Cairo and Suez is passed in two days. 

 To ascend the Nile to Ghinneh will require about twenty 

 days, allowing a day or half a day to visit each of the princi- 

 pal antiquities on the route. The temples, &c. are generally 

 at a short distance in the desert ; but donkeys can always be 

 procured. To ascend from Ghinneh in order to sec Thebes 

 will require about a week more ; and to visit Assouan or 



