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sisted on giving me a letter of recommendation to 

 his steward, and made me promise that I would 

 lodge in a house which he possessed at Siout. The 

 man to whom the letter was addressed was not at 

 Manfelout^ but I met with a most cordial recep- 

 tion from the treasurer (kasnadar) of the Kiaschef, 



Opposite to Ma?ifelout, on the eastern shore of 

 the Nile, is a large monastery of Cophts, com- 

 pletely enclosed with high walls, and into which 

 you are hoisted up in a basket, drawn by means 

 of a pulley. This has procured for it the name 

 of the Cotiveni of the Pulley. 



In the port there was a very large boat of a 

 beautiful construction. Its poop was ornamented 

 with sculpture : it was pierced to carry sixteen 

 guns ; but for its mast, like the other vessels of 

 the Nile, that is to say, with its sails in the form 

 of hares-ears, fastened to yards of an enormous 

 size, it might have been taken for a corvette. It 

 was built under the direction of a certain Achnet 

 bey, but he could never navigate it, except at the 

 season when the river was at its gr !;atest height. 



On the 6th we proceeded to S'wnt distant from 

 "Manfelout a. little more than five leagues. The 

 Nile winds about at this place, and its navigation 



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