GAFFRE TOURA. 
42;5 
the governor had not paid me a visit ; he said, it had been his 
intention, but that I had never staid long enough at Damietta. He 
departed, but returned again, pressing me to take the canja. I did 
not see him, but still declined the canja, which I suspect he attri- 
buted to my not having been visited ; for soon afterwards the gover- 
nor arrived; I met him at the door of the room, and handed him 
to a seat. He pressed me so strongly to take the canja, that I was 
obliged to comply. He offered letters to the Cacheefs of Mansoura 
and Semenoud, which I accepted. 
After an early dinner we went on board. I was saluted by nine 
pieces from the shore, and the vessels hoisted their colours, and fired 
one gun each. The wind was fresh and favourable ; we therefore 
made one of the jerms take us in tow. We passed Fareskour too 
€arly to stop there.* At sunset the wind fell, so that we made 
little way ; we therefore stopped at Berishie, a village from which 
the inhabitants had chiefly fled, in consequence of some dispute 
with their neighbours of Fareskour. The village has a wall of mud, 
and gates to defend it from the wandering Arabs. A quantity of flax 
was on the shore, in the middle of which we pitched our tents. 
May 6. — We got milk in abundance from the few villagers who 
remained, and set sail early. We stopped at Caffre Toura to take 
our breakfast, where a Schech resided, a friend of Messrs. Airuts. He 
was a Sheriffe, and a good looking man. The peasantry were work- 
ing hard to raise water for their rice fields, as the river is here fresh. 
I saw some very fine cattle. The Schech presented us with bread, 
which was all we wanted. He spoke in melancholy terms of the 
* A place rendered famous by the captivity of St. Louis, and his whole army, but 
which now offers nothing interesting to the traveller. 
VOL. III. 3 I 
