TRAVELS 



TO DISC OVER 



THE SOURCE OF THE NILE, 



BOOK I. 



THE AUTHOR'S TRAVELS IN EGYPT VOYAGE IN THE RED SEA, 



TILL HIS ARRIVAL AT MASUAH. 



CHAP. I. 



\the Author fails from Sidcti — 'Touches at Cyprus — Arrives at Alexan* 

 dria — Sets out for Rofetto — Embarks on the Nile — and arrives at 

 Cairo. 



T was or Saturday the 15 th of June, 1768, I failed in a 

 French veffel from Sidon, once the richeft and moft power- 

 ful city in the world, though now there is not remaining a 

 fhadow of its ancient grandeur. We were bound for the 

 illand of Cyprus ; the weather clear and exceedingly hot, the 

 wind favourable, 



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