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protect him fo far as to allow his barge fafely to pafs the 
confines of Egypt and to the firft cataract, where the ma- 
- lice of the pilots would certainly have deftroyed: her, and 
fuppofing fhe was arrived at Ibrim or Deir, the laft garrifons 
depending on Cairo, and that this might have been atchie- 
ved by money, (for by money any thing may be obtained 
from the government of Cairo,) yet ftill, fome days jour- 
ney above the garrifons of Deir and Ibrim, begin the bar- 
ren. and dreadful deferts of Nubia; and farther fouth, at the 
great cataract of Jan Adel, the Nile falls twenty feet down: 
a perpendicular rock ; fo here certainly was to be the end of 
his voyage; but the count, being ignorant of the manners 
of thofe countries, and exceedingly prefumptuous of his 
own powers, flattered himfelf to obtain fuch afliftance from 
the garrifon of Ibrim and Deir, that he could unfcrew his 
veffel, take her to. pieces, and carry her, by force of men, 
round behind the cataract, where he was to refcrew and 
launch her again. ito the Nile.. 
Tue Kennoufs, inhabiting near the cataract, have fevera¥ 
villages, particularly two, one called Succoot, or the place of 
tents, where Kalid- Ibn el Waalid, after taking Syene in the 
Khalifat. of Omar, encamped his army in his- march to 
Dongola; the other, in a plain. near the river, called 
Afel Dimmo,.or the Field-of Blood, where the fame Kalid 
defeated an army of Nubians, who were marching to the re- 
lief of Dongola, which-was by him immediately after. befie- 
-ged.and.taken. Thefe two villages are onthe Egyptian fide 
of the cataract; the direct occupation of the inhabitants 
is gathering fena, where it very much abounds, and they 
carry it in boats down to Cairo. Above, and on the other 
_ fide of the cataract, is another large village of the Ken» 
noufs,. 
