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rer of a mile (as I have already faid) farther fouth on the Eafi 

 fide of the river, whereas Thebes is on the Weft. 



He has fixed a village (which he calls * Demegeit) in the 

 fituation where Thebes Hands, and he calls it Crocodilopolis ^ 

 from what authority I know not ; but the whole geography 

 is here exceedingly conf ufed, and out of its proper pofition. 



In the evening we came to an anchor on the eaftern more 

 nearly oppofite to Erne. Some of our people had landed to 

 moot, trufting to a turn of the river that is here, which 

 would enable them to keep up with us ; but they did not 

 arrive till the fun was fetting, loaded with hares, pigeons, 

 gootos, air very bad game. I had, on my part, ftaid on 

 board, and had mot two geefe, as bad eating as the others;, 

 but very beautiful in their plumage*- 



We pafifed over to Erne next morning. It is the ancienr- 

 Latopolis, and has very great remains, particularly a large 

 temple, which, though the whole of it is of the remotefb 

 antiquity, feems to have been built at different times, or 

 rather out of the ruins of different ancient buildings. The 

 hieroglyphics upon this are very ill executed, and are not 

 painted. The town is the refidence of an Arab Shekh, and 

 the inhabitants are a very greedy, bad fort of people ; but 

 as I was drefTed like an Arab, they did not moleft, becaufe 

 they did not know me. 



The 1 8th, we left Efne, and paued the town of Edfu, 

 where there is likewife confiderable remains of Egyptian 

 architecture. It is the Appollinis Civitas Magna. 



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* Vide Noidtn's map of the Nile. 



