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and it is diminifhed in fize and population. It is neverthelefs 
one of the moft agreeable fituations on the Nile. Beirut is the 
largeft town on the Weft. For Demenhur, which is more popu- 
lous, is not vifible from the Nile, being fituated near the canal 
that conveys water to Alexandria. At Demenhur is a garrifon 
of Janizaries. The courfe of the Nile from its mouth to Terane 
is, with the exception of fome curves, nearly N. W. and S. E. 
In that fpace are feveral iflands, which are continually changing 
in place and number. From Rafhid to Damiatt, in a dired line, 
is computed to be about twenty-feven leagues. 
