I30 TRAVELS IN AFRICA, 
15th Odober. Pafled onward to Farfliiut, a populous town, 
with many Chriftian inhabitants. 
17th. Arrived at Dendera, the antient Tentyra. Saw- the 
noted temple, the moft perfed: remain of Egyptian architedure. 
It is in the form of an oblong fquare, 200 feet by 150 — Pococke 
fays 145 ; is now almoft buried in the fand. Afcending fome 
fteps in the middle of the wall, you come to a dark gallery, 
paffing through all the fides. Many of the columns are ftand- 
ing. The infide of the pronaos and of the gallery is covered 
with painted hieroglyphics in all their original freihnefs. A Ca- 
flief, imagining treafures were concealed, was employed in the 
laudable work of blowing up part of the walls ! 
The fame night, about twelve, reached Ghenne, the antient 
Coene, or Ccenopolis. The navigation on the Nile is particu- 
larly delightful in the ftillnefs of the night, diverfified by the 
bright refledion of the moon on the water, or the clear fpark- 
ling of innumerable ftars ; among which the brilliant Canopus, 
unfeen in European climates, is obfervable, except when fome 
mountain conceals that part of the hemifphere» 
19th. Came oppofite to Coptis, now Kepht. The rubbifli 
may fill a circumference of two miles, evincing its antient ex- 
tent. Several fmall columns of grey granite lie on the ground^ 
and fome large ftones, engraved with hieroglyphics. The 
diftance from the Nile to Coptis is much fmaller than has been 
fuppofed by European geographers. 
A fmall 
