24° TRAVELS IN UPPER 



CHAP. XV. 



Inhabitants of Rosselta — Pipes Coffee-houses > — ■ 



Arabian Tales Manner of making the coffee-' — ■ 



Shameful vices of the Egyptians — fVives of the 



rich- — Conversation by signs with one of them 



Particulars respecting those women Jealousy of 



the men — Llomage paid to women. 



After the eye has wandered with delight over 

 a portion of the brilliant agriculture of Egypt, it 

 is reluctantlv brought back to the interior of 

 cities. There, it is the picture of fertile and gene- 

 rous nature ; here we are presented with the sacri- 

 legious efforts, to contradict and violate her, of 

 men incapable of relishing, of enjoying her beau- 

 ties. There, sensations the gentlest and the most 

 pure follow each other in rapid succession, and 

 deliciously fill the feeling soul. Here, the mind 

 'is shocked at the hideous aspect of the vices which 

 ; domineer in a society equally degenerate and cor- 

 rupted. But I have engaged to present, without 

 disguise, my observations of every kind, and those 

 which have a reference to the manners of the ex- 

 isting Egyptians ought to find a place in a gene- 

 ral description. 



Rossetta 



