XV Ut CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



Chap. XIV. 



Disturbances at Cairo — Oriental dress — Boats of 

 the Nile — Winter — Rossetta — Commerce — Rice, 

 its culture, and its antiquity in Egypt — Trefoil — 

 Oxen and cows - - * - il\ 



Chap. XV. 



Inhabitants of Rossetta — Pipes — Coffee-houses 



Arabian tales — Manner of making the coffee 



Shameful vices of the Egyptians — Wives of the 

 rich — Conversation by sig?is with one of them — 

 Particulars respecting those women — Jealousy of 

 the men — Homage paid to women - 240 



Chap. XVI. 



Wives of the commonalty — Black of the eyes — Alqui- 

 foux — Red of the hands and of the feet — Henna — 

 Depilatories — Plumpness of the women, their clean- 

 liness, their cosmetics - - - 261 



Chap. XVII. 



Egyptian dogs — Cats — Beautiful animal of this ge- 

 nus reared by the Author Domestic animals 



Mangouste, or ichneumon — Species of tortoise of 

 the Nile hostile to the crocodile - 281 



Chap. XVIII. 



Castle of Rossetta Houhou Lapzving — Turtle- 

 doves — Cheveche— Lotus — Racket— —Cassia — Sy- 

 camore 



