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princesses of the Ptoleniy family would drink no other water 
but that of the Nile, though it is sometimes so strongly im- 
pregnated with nitrous and other salts, as to possess a pur- 
gative quality ; and superstition directed the same water to 
be carried from Egypt into Syria and Greece, for the sole 
purpose of sprinkling in the temple of Isis. 
Leaving Zwartland, and its saline springs to those who 
eould relish them, I directed my route across the Tiger berg 
to the Cape, where I arrived on the second of June, without 
having experienced any of those inconveniencies which the 
season of the year seemed to threaten.. 
VOL. I. 
