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CHAR VI. 



Arrive at Fur/bout— -Adventure of Friar Chrijlopher — Vifit Thebes—— 

 Luxor and Carnac — Large Ruins at Edfu and Efne Proceed on our 

 Voyage. 



"E arrived happily at Furfhout that fame forenoon, and 

 went to the convent of Italian Friars, who, like thofe 

 of Achmim, are of the order of the reformed Francifcans, 

 of whofe million I Aiall fpeak at large in the fequel. 



We were received more kindly here than at Achmim ; 

 but Padre Antonio, fuperior of that lafl convent, upon which 

 this of Furfliout alio depends, following us, our good recep- 

 tion fullered a fmall abatement. In fhort, the good Friars 

 would not let us buy meat, becaufe they faid it would be a 

 Jhame and reproach to them; and they would not give US any, 

 for fear that fliould be a reproach to them Iikewife, if it was 

 told in Europe they lived well. 



After fome time I took the liberty of providing for my- 

 felf, to which they fubmitted with chriflian patience. Yet 

 thefe convents were founded exprefsly with a view, and 

 from a neceffity of providing for travellers between Egypt 

 and Ethiopia, and we were flricHy intitled to that enter- 

 tainment. 



