TRACTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, &c. 27 



in several parts of the Mediterranean, are the same as above- 

 mentioned. The mode of thrashing in Egypt is, however, dif- 

 ferent ; for small carts are there made use of, which, by being- 

 driven repeatedly over the corn, separates the grain from the 

 straw in a manner equally effectual as the other two modes I 

 have described. 



Mth Jnnvarif, 1811 



