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any tbing. On going away, he sent to say, he would make him 
repent it. We hired asses ourselves for the whole way to Damietta, 
at twenty piastres each. 
April 2,2. — We sent on our servants and baggage in the morn- 
ing for Berimbal. In the evening we went up the Nile, in Mr. 
Petrucci's canja, to the same place. We landed at Mr. Rosetti's 
country-house, to whom we paid our compliments, and then ad- 
journed to our tents, where we learned that the Schech of the vil- 
lage had sent us bread and milk as a present, and had waited on us 
himself, promising to supply us with camels for the morrow. 
April 23. — We were up at five; but only two camels were 
ready, and we required five- The Schech paid us a visit, and 
brought the others. The Commandant, who was a young Mameluke 
that left the service of his brethren for that of the Kiahia of Moham- 
med Ali, stopped, and sat for some time with us, as he was pro- 
ceeding to Rosetta, to bring all the boats to the eastern bank of the 
river, that the Mamelukes might not pass over. At eight we set 
off, Mr. Rosetti accompanying us to the marsh by the Lake Bourlos, 
which we reached in half an hour. At the time of the rising of 
the Nile, the lake reaches this spot, but we were an hour in passing 
the place where the water then was; our course was east, a little 
north. We here found several fishing boats, but to our great asto- 
nishment none had been hired for us, nor did we owe their being 
there to any thing but chance ; a negligence in Mr. Petrucci which 
might liave obliged us to return. We hired four to carry us and 
our baggage to Bourlos, for six Venetians. The wind was favour- 
able when we left Berimbal, but when we embarked at twelve it 
was quite calm. The boats were built for fishing, decked at each 
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