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is left of the industry of its former inhabitants but 

 a wretched manafacture of earthen-ware. 



Between Kons and Kenne, Koft is situated, a 

 village on the coast, near the spot oo which the an« 

 cient town of Cophtos stood, and which the com- 

 merce of the Red Sea also rendered a flourishing 

 place. Several authors assert that the canal of the 

 Red Sea, now filled up, terminated here, while 

 others place its boundary in the neighbourhood of 

 Kenne. 



This last district is opposite to Dendera, which I 

 visited for the second time. 1 did not fail again to 

 cast a glance of admiration on the temple which 

 the Tenlyritcs had consecrated to Isis, a monument 

 in a higher stale of preservation than any other in 

 Egypt. I met the same friendly reception from the 

 Emir as before : he presented me with a very beau- 

 tiful antique head of white marble, but I lost this, 

 with a number of oilier curiosities, which Vv'erc 

 taken from me. 



Continuing to descend along the Nile, whose 

 waves grew more disturbed, and rose into a greater 

 swell every day, we stopped on the 25th at Retshie, 

 a village on the western bank of the river, where 

 we purchased some provisions. From thence we 

 proceeded to Kclhi, another village on the same 



side, 



