284 TRAVELS IN UPPEH 



Although he was corpulent, his colour was yellow; 

 he was feeble and languid^ and complained of vio- 

 lent pains in his stomach. Born in Constanti- 

 nople, and having passed a considerable part of 

 his life in Turkey, he had only felt this inclination 

 to eat dirt, after a pretty long residence in Egypt. 

 I have been since informed, that several persons 

 in the sanie country were attacked with this ma- 

 lady, for it is of a species which appears peculiar 

 to Africa. It is well known that the nesroes who 

 were brought into the American colonies, fre- 

 quently perished from the consequences of this in- 

 ordinate appetite, after passing a life of pain, and 

 tortured by unavailing stripes, and barbarous pre- 

 cautions which they found means to elude. 



From S'wiit^ where I left the dirt-eater, T pro- 

 ceeded on the evening of the i ith to ManfeJcuf. 

 The next morning the boat, which I had quitted 

 at jihoutige, n)adc its appearance; my companions 

 and my goods were still in safety ; but we were 

 very well pleased to leave a vessel in which it w-as 

 both dangerous and unpleasant to proceed. 



