190 TRAVELS IN UPPER 



CHAP. XLVIIf. 



Return to ^egiiade — Sivelling of the Nile — Water' 

 yp'inners — Kous — Remains of the city of Apollo — 

 Mokka coffee — Fertility of the soil in Upper Egypt 

 — Its agriculture — Granivorous birds — Swaliozvs 

 — Laundress — Ravens — Flies — Bugs — Insects 

 still more disgusting — Ichneumon fly — Drone hee 

 •—-Wasp — Scorpion' — Crab — Degeneracy of the 

 people of Egypt — Women of Theba'is — Those 

 who have embraced the Catholic faith, have be- 

 come subject to foreign monks — Effects of jealousy 

 in women — Purgatives — Senna — Venereal dis- 

 eases — Mastich. 



One of the Italian monks of Neguadi was at 

 Luxor ; he had come to go his round of begging, 

 and to collect the alms of the Catholics of this 

 canton. His expedition had been a good one, 

 and he loaded my boat with the pious contribu- 

 tions which he had levied. We reached Nejs^uade 

 the 26th June, at nine o'clock in the evening, 

 and my seraphic guide conducted me to his habi- 

 tation, where I remained for some days. 



We were on the eve of the swelling of the Nile ; 

 its waters had changed their colour some days be- 

 fore. 



