AND LOWER EGYPT. 1 5 



they form there parties of pleasure. Peaceful calm 

 ceases to reign amongst them; young and heautiful 

 captives there abandon themselves to mirth, and to 

 those amiable follies which, if we must believe a 

 cert^n_cri4jc,jty;e^ notjiKy ay s p 



Opposite to Boulac, on the western shore of the 

 Nile, is the little village of Emhabe^ renowned for 

 the excellent quality of the butter made there. 

 This is the only place in Egypt where butter may 

 be eaten fresh ; in every other part it is good for 

 nothing. 



The fertile plains which surround Einbahe on 

 the western side, enrich it with several kinds of 

 culture. They produce, in particular, a kind, or 

 rather a variety, of lupins*, of which there is a great 

 consumption in Egypt. They boil the peas v/ith 

 sail and water, and eat thera after having taken off 

 the hard and thick skin with which they are co- 

 vered. They are sold ready dressed in the streets 

 and in the markets. The village of Emhahe sup- 

 plies Lower Egypt with them, where they are known 

 under the name of emhahen, after the place from 

 which they come. However, the general name of 

 these lupins is termess. They will neither serve for 

 soup, nor for any other sort of ragout, they are so 



* Lii/iinus termis ; calycibus akernis^ appendiculat'n^ lahio utioque 

 integro, acuta. Forskal, Flora Egypt. -Arab, page 13 i. ' 



extremely 



