Part 1. 
Travels into the h 'en an t. 
terred, paying the Nuns a Cheqmn for breaking of Ground. After that you 
fee the Granaries of Jofefh^ which (as they fay) he Buiic, and filled with^i^^naries of 
Corn, fora fupply againft the Famine which was Ihortly after to happen. 
They are very îpacious Halis, and at prefent Corn is i^ept in them. Ovey 
againft thefe Granaries, are the Ruines of an ancient Palace, which ( upon 
mi|lake ) they fay was heretofore the Refidencc of the Kings of zy£ayftj but 
more probably is the F^^y?^^^ 5 it feems to have been very ftately. / Then you ^'^'^ ■^"j'^'^^f- 
pafs under an Aqueduâ;, that carries Water from the A^//e to the GaUle ; this 
Aqueduét is fupported by Tiirce hundred and fifty high ArcheS, but narrow, An Aquedua 
and they appear to be the narrower, that the Aqueduct is very high, becaufeatoW Caire. 
of the Situation of the Caftle. . I went once up to that Aquedud, and there- 
fore I'll give an account of what Î faw : You rauft afcend thirty or forty broad 
Steps, which are very eafie to rçiount, before you come to the top, where you 
fee eight 5^^.5 turned all by Oxen, that difcharge their Water into a great Ba- 
fon, from whence it runs through a little Condijit-pipe into the Aquedudt, ac 
fix Paces diftance, and therein is conveyed to the Caftle. ' 
, C H A' P. VIII. 
Of the Matharee. ' 
^"T*^ H E Matharee is two Ihort Leagues from New Caire ; k is a lovely and lAcLthm^ 
pleafant place, and deferves to be feen, were it for nothing elfe, but 
that it bath been Honoured with the prefence of our Saviour ; for they fay 
that our Lady lived feme time there with her Son Jefus. You fee in it a little 
Hall aimoft fquare, which heretofore Was a bare Grott, biit at prefent is en- 
clofcd by a Garden, that is carefully lookt after: As you enter into that Hall, 
there is on the Left hand a Bafon even with the Floor, fomewhat longer than 
broad ; a Water runs into it ( where it is faid ) the BleiFed Virgin walhed her 
Linnen, and in the mean time fet our Saviour upon a little Window hollowed 
in the Wall, where the Monks fometiraes fay Mafs. The Water that comes 
into the Bafon of that Hall, and all over the Garden, is drawn by two Oxen, 
that turn a Saki in the Court, by means whereof they raife the Water. Many 
have faid that this Water comes from the Nile^ being not far diftant (efpe- 
cially when it overflows ) and a few others affirm it to be a Spring, of which 
opinion I am. For if it were the Water of the Nile^ they that live there 
muft needs know it, but they fay it is a Spring. Befides, when the Water 
of the Ntle is thickeft, this is very clear, as it is at all times : And in fhort,\ 
the Etymologie of the word Matharee^ feeras to infinuatethat it is a Spring ^ TheEtymo- 
for the word Matharee comes from Matariih ^ v\rhich fignifies Fcelh- water. 'tigie of 
And why would they give it that name more than to all other Gardens where 
there are Sakts^ if the meaning were not that there was a good fpring of Frefh- 
water there? 5^?^' fignifies a Watering-place, and is the fame that in P/owV/cf i'^îl;/. 
they call a Ponferagne. , Having feen that Hall, you go into a Garden walled • 
in aifo, where there are many Trees, but among others, a very old Sycamore, 7^ 
or Fig-Tree of Pharaoh, which yearly bears Fruit. They fay, that our Lady 
paffing by ic with her Son Jef^s, and being purfued by Men, the Fig-Tree 
opened, and the Bleffed Virgin going into it, it ihut again till the Men were 
paft, and then it opened again, and continued always fo until the Year i<55<5. 
that the piece which was f;parr>ted from the Trunk was broken off. This is a 
pretty pleafant Garden to reft in, and commonly they Dine therein a Walk 
fhaded with Orange and Limon-Trees, that are in fo great number, and ca/ï: 
fuch a (hade, that the Sun paffes not at all through them, and you muft ftoop 
very low when you go in fome of the Walks, which have in the middle Chan- 
nels made to convey the water all over the Garden, "and they can bring the 
T 2 . • water 
