TRAVELS 



TO DI SCOVE R 



THE SOURCE OF THE NILE, 



BOOK I. 



THE AUTHOR'S TRAVELS IN EGYPT VOYAGE IN THE RED SEAg 



TILL HIS ARRIVAL AT MASUAH. 



CHAP. I. 



"*Tbe Author fails from Sidon- — Touches at Cyprus — Arrives at Alexan- 

 dria — Sets out for Rofetto — Embarks an the Nile — and arrives al 

 Cairo. 



IT was on tSaturday the 15th of June, 1768, I failed in a 

 French veffel from Sidon, once the richelt and moll power- 

 ful city in the world, though now there is not remaining a 

 fliadow of its ancient grandeur. We were bound for the 

 ifland of Cyprus ; the weather clear and exceedingly hot, the 

 wind favourable. 

 Vol. I. A This 



