in Egyptj Arabia Petrsea ^c. ^^i 



this Ridge of Eminences came to be called Jihbel Moc-catte, 

 or Mocattem, i. e. the Mountain that is hewn or cut through. 

 Befides other Places, of lefs Account, within the Caftle, we are 

 Ihewn, firft, a fpacious magnificent Hall , fupported by a 

 Number of large 77:?^^^i<7 Columns ; then, the \Beerel Halla- 

 z^une :^^y^^ Ji ;<>'.'] Snaillike IFell' , which, with the Stair Cafe 

 that goes winding round it, are hewn out of the natural Rock. 

 Both the Hall and the Well are looked upon, by the Inha- 

 bitants, to be Works of fuch Grandeur and Expence, that the 

 Patriarch Jofeph, whofe Prifon they pretend likewife tofhew 

 us, is fuppofed to have been the Founder. But, in all Proba- 

 bility, the AVell was contrived by the Babylonians, and there 

 are fo many Guild ings and Improprieties in the other, that 

 the Foundation of it may be well attributed to the Mahometans. 



Over againft Kairo, on the Lyhian Banks of the Kile, is the cceza, the 

 Village Geeza, where Memphis was formerly fituated, but^pHi"- 

 which is now intirely buried in Soil. In the fame Dire6lion ue s-tuation 

 likewife are the Tyramids \ twelve Miles further, being ere6led tl^^^^.''^^' 

 upon that Ridge of the Lyhian Mountains, which bounds the 

 Inundation of the Nile to the Weftward. The Caftle o^ Kairo 

 hath the like mountainous Situation on the Afiatick Side of the 

 River; and, in this Manner, the Kile is confined, for the r/^^ Upper 

 Space of two hundred Leagues, all the Way down from the ?IJIjJZie 

 Cataradls; a long Chain of Eminences, fometimes at f our, fufJTTJef 

 fometimes at five or fix Leagues Diftance, conftantly bounding 

 the Inundation on each Side. 



Such, in general, is the Plan , fuch likewife is the Extent The Land of 

 of the Land of Egypt. That Part of it, which is called in 

 Scripture the Land of Go/Jjen or Ramefes, is fituated in the 

 Heliopolitan Komos, particularly, upon the Arabian Banks of 

 the Nile, in the Neighbourhood of Matta-reah. For Jofeph, 

 when he invited his Father and Brethren into Egypt , tells 

 them, {Gen. Af^^.io.) that thty fiould dwell in the Land of 

 Goflien, and be near him. Go/hen then mult have been adja- 

 cent to the Seat of the Egyptian Kings. Now, as a Weft Wind the hgj^La 

 (Kv. 10.19.) took away the Locufts and cafl them into the Red^"i^^^!^, 

 Sea, This Place will be better fixed at Memphis, whofe Situation 



I This Well contlfts of two Stages, being in all about 44 Fathom deep. The upper 

 Stage is 16 Foot broad one way and 24 the other. The Water, which is bracki/h, is drawn 

 up, in the Perfian Wheel, by Oxen. 2 ^lf1^avTtu ^ ly^iSi vjfajjyUs a} Uuoafi'i<hs h j^ Tn^aua Iv 

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