98 RAMBLES OF A NATURALIST. 
our boat, and very pretty she looked with about 100 lanterns, 
each reflected in the water. 
Minieh, Siout, and Keneh, are good-sized towns, which 
merit a visit. Keneh is celebrated for its dates, which are 
too much flavoured with musk for my taste. At Siout 
there is a manufactory of pottery very much patronised by 
English tourists. The principal things turned out are red 
and black pots trays, gooleh jars, pipe bowls (some of them 
on wheels), coffee cups, and “Crocodile foot scrapers,” 
which are bought for a mere nothing and packed in crates 
by the vendors. 
