264 TRAVELS IN UPPER. 



CHAP. Lir. 



Ketine — Koft — Dendera- — Kelhe — Commotions'—' 

 Surges of the Nile — Pirates — Sahet — Beliane — 

 Birds — Girge — Italian monks — Menshie — Gui' 

 piers — Tahta — General rebellion in this district — 

 Venereal diseases — Fevers — Worms — Bloody piles 

 — Flies — lihneumon flies — Scorpion — Lizards — 

 Boat — Kau-el Kehir — fVeevils — Skirmish be- 

 tween the Arabs — Repairs of the boat — Aboutige 

 — Courtezans — Di7-4- eaters — Manfelout, 



Kenne', an inconsiderable village, is situated, 

 as well as Kous^ towards the east, but farther 

 from the Nile ; it is a rendezvous to the caravans 

 which iravrl to Cosseir, and return from thence 

 loaded with the costly productions of India and 

 Arabia. Its name is not changed : the ancients 

 called it Cenae and Ccenopolis, but it is no longer 

 what it once was. A canal, by which the waters 

 communicated with those of the Arabian gulf, 

 rendered i(S situation very favourable for com- 

 merce. Of tliis canal not a trace remains; the 

 monuments which adorned the ancient city are 

 no longer to be seen ; its commerce is nearly an- 

 nihilated ; its riches have vanished, and nothing 



is 



