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24th. Not the slightest breeze swelled our sails to 

 forward our voyage. The sailors drew the kanja 

 along by a rope ; a light wind from the north-east 

 arose in the morning, but it was not of long dura- 

 lion, and we stopped at Zoukj a considerable vil- 

 lage on the western shore, at the distance of about 

 two leagues from Riha. In the afternoon the wind 

 came round to the west, and afterwards to the 

 south-west; of consequence it came from the same 

 point towards which we were directing our course. 

 I made them to take the rope again, and we arrived 

 by slow degrees at Zcivoui el Ma7isloub (the water- 

 ing-place of the cross), a little town built on the 

 western shore of the Nile, opposite to Geziret 

 Barrale (blest island), a little isle, on which you 

 see a village, and lands in a state of cultivation*. 

 We had only proceeded one league beyond Zoide, 

 These denominations of cross of henedlctiojz, col- 

 lected on the same spot, are very remarkable in a 

 country where crosses and their benedictions are 

 looked on with horror. 



At night, one of my companions caught with a 

 fishing-line a small eel of the Nile; the upper part 

 of its body was of a lightish green, without doubt 

 because it was young. 



* Mr. Bruce has very improperly reproached Norden with 

 having written that Geziret Barrake meant the watering of the 

 cross. It is Zavoui el Mansloub to which Norden has given that 

 meaning. (See the Work of thofe two travellers.) 



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