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some Cairo brandy. I sent them all some hours 

 afterwards. 



In return for these slight presents, Dervisch gave 

 the necessary orders, that my journey might be ac- 

 complished with safety ; he furnished me with let- 

 ters to several Arabian Scheicks of the number of his 

 friends ; he insisted that one of his servants should 

 aecompany me, and commanded provisions of 

 every kind to be carried on board my boat. 



On the 15th of June I left the convent oi Fars- 

 cliout. During the tour days which I passed there, 

 I had great reason to be satisfied with the civilities 

 and the accommodating disposition of the two 

 missionaries who inhabited it. After having stig- 

 matized those of Echmimm, it gives me pleasure to 

 render justice to the courteous and friendly con- 

 duct of those o{ Far sellout, and I could wish that 

 both of them were within reach of hearing this 

 frank declaration of the opposite sentiments with 

 which they inspired mc. 



Immediately on my arrival upon the shore of the 

 Nile, I ordered my goods to be carried on board, 

 and I embarked myself. The boat was just on the 

 point of being pushed off, when a Mameluc who 

 commanded at Sahct under the Kiaschefo( Basjoura, 

 made us get on shore, and ordered that our bag- 

 gage 



