CONTENTS OF VOL. III. VU 



in women — Purgatives — Senna — Verier eal dis- 

 eases — Mastich - - - 190 

 Chap. XLIX. 



The effects of missions in Egypt — Character of the 

 European monks ivho reside there — PerfJy of 

 those ofNeguade — The author s farewell to Isman- 

 u^hou-^Ii — The gardens of Koiis — Citron-trees — 

 Grapes — Melons — Water-melon — Dates — Down 

 — The real acacia — Sesavie, its oil^ mode of pre- 

 paring it — Diseases of the skin at the period of 

 the sueUing of the Nile - - 214 



Chap. L. 



Treachery of a Copht — Character of the men of that 

 nation — Dangerous underhand dealings which ob- 

 lige the Author to give up the voyage of the Red 

 Sea — Wasp — New %var hi Upper Egypt — JVesteryi 

 side of the ancient city of Thebes — Gournei — 

 Wicked men by whom that village is inhabited — 

 Fragments of antiquity — Disagreeable night passed 

 at Gouniei — A sick man — Physician of the country 

 — Route from Gournei to Neguade - 230 



Chap. LI. 



Copht of Kous — Sheep of Yemen — Sheep of Egypt — 

 Goats — Hogs — Motives which have induced the 

 Egyptians to exclude these animals from being a 

 part of their food — Crocodile — Lizard — Frag- 

 ments of ancient stones and glasses — Stones anti- 

 dotes to poison - - - 248 



Chap. 



