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boat. We dropped anchor in the evening, about 

 half a league's distance from Old Cairo, before a 

 Cophtish monastery, called De'ir Etttn (monastery 

 of figs). It is there that the vessels which come 

 from the Said disembark their passengers and their 

 cattle, in order that they may appear in the ports 

 of Cairo with nothing but their cargo. 



VOL. Ill, 



