1 40 Travels into thehEv ant. Part Î, 
water into any Walk you are in, where you may cool your Wine ; but if yoa 
have a mind to eat any thing there, you muft bring it with you ; for you'] fiiid 
nothing in the place but plenty of fair Oranges, and fmall Limons. There is 
An Obelisk ^ ygry lovely great Obelisk pretty near to this Garden, like to that which 
f^^^f^T Rsnds at Alexandria, and thofe others that are in Rome znd other places, fay 
den ot Mawa- ^^.^j^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ TôwTi heretofore in this place, feeing there are 
Ruines ftill to be feen about it, and that it is not likely fuch a piece would hâve 
been ereded in the open Fields. This Obelisk ftandsin a very low ground, 
where there is always water , and efpecially during the Inundation of Ntlel 
that the whole place looks like a Pond. In this place it was that Selim 
The Camp of encamped his Army when he took Caire -, and^ there are very high works of 
Selim, when Earth ftill to bç feen, where his Trenches were. Betwixt the City and the 
he befieged j^^atharee., there is a Building, which ( they fay) is the Arfenal of the Red- 
Sea. 1 
CHAP. IX. 
Of the Cajile. ■ ' 
The Caftle of 'Tpï^ ^ Caftle of Caire is one of the fincft things in <^gypt ; it ftands upon a 
aire. JL Hill, not in the middle of the City fas many have written J but without 
the Town, almoft at one of the points of the Crefcent which the City makes, 
and in a manner over againft OldCaire. It is founded on a Rock,and encompafled 
with very high and thick Walls : The afcent to this Caftle is by a pair of ftairs 
cut out in the Rock, foea fie to mount, thatHorfes and Camels go up it with 
their Loads. There is a very large Place or Square before the Caftle, called 
the Rom/le j and near that place, the Mofque called Sdtan Hafan, becaufe it was 
built by Sdtan Hafan in the time of the Mamalnkes. This Mofque is all of Free- 
The Mofque ftone, extraordinarily well built, and prodigtoufly high. Thom<tmbey^ thelafl: 
QÎSultmm- King of the Mamalnke s , fled to this Mofque, leaving the Caftle to 5«/f/z;iz 5f//>», 
fan, ^tCaire. y^\^Q fi^ed feveral Guns at the Mofque, where the holes of the Bullets are ftill to 
be feen, efpecially in the Dome that is pierced all through by them. In this 
Caftle are many ftately Ruines, and feveral fair Vaults hid under ground. We 
find indeed, that the ancienteft things fall into greateft ruine, and are not 
exempted from the power of time. It is certain that the greateft and beft part 
of this Caftle is ruined, and yet feveral fair Buildings remain ftill : But the 
' fineft and moft curious thing that is to be feen in the Caftle, is JofepPs Well, 
which is certainly a Wonder ^ one muft have leave from the Sajha Cbiaoux to 
fee it, and the French Confuls Interpreter having asked it for us, he gave 
him a man to condudt us thither ; but however it coft us five or fix Pialtres, 
! Thi's Pic or Well is divided into two ftories, or (to fay better) into two Pits ; 
the firft is almoft fquare, and is eleven foot long, and ten foot broad ; there is 
a pair of ftairs to go down to it, about feven or eight foot broad, cut in the 
Rock all round, and feparating the Pit from the Rock fo that when you go 
down, you have one of the fides of the Well on the right hand, which ferves for 
a rail to keep one from falling, or indeed, feeing intothe Well, unleîs it be by 
windows that are at convenient diftances , On the left hand, you have the wall, 
which is the Rock it felf. This Stair-cafe hath been made very eafie to go down 
and up, for the convenience of the Oxen that go down to labour, fo that the 
defcent is hardly fen fible. You go down then 220 fteps, finding on each fide 
of the Pit two windows, each about thrèe foot fquare j there are three windows 
A liole in JO' in fome places, but the Pit being very deep, they are not fufficient to give light 
th'at^'^esto ^"o^S^""» and therefore fome Torches muft be carried down. At the bottom of 
the Pyra- ^^^^^ two hundred and twenty fteps, in the Rock on the left hand, there is a 
mides. great hole like a door, but ftopt up, and fthey fay) that that hole goes as far 
as 
