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jl t^arrMive of fome Ohfervations lately made by certainMiJfimaYus 
in ^i»^ Upper Egypt; communuated in a Letter written from 
C^\to thepxth of ]2^n\X2LT^ 1670^ 
BY yours of April the 20th laft I find^ tfiat you defire to hear 
fome news concerning my Voyage in the Vpper Egypt Jl am 
very ready togive7ou that fatisfa(3:ioD,provided you make our 
ftiends iliare in it J (hall therefore tell y ou^that I have fpent three 
months time in that voyage,accompanied with my BrotherSj the 
F. Charles and Francis^ aiwaies afcending upon the Nile as high as 
500 leagues above thisCity^being two daies journey on this fide 
of theCafcata's of iheNile^Sc where never anyFrencbman hath 
been within the memory of man. I there admired ftore of Idol- 
Temples yet entire, together with very ancient Pallaces filled 
with Statues and Idols. I counted in one pface alone 7 Obelisks 
like thofe at l^me,iM\d about 1 20 Columns in one Hall, of the 
bignefsoffiveBrafles; full within and withoot, from the top to 
the bottom, with Hieroglyphic LettcrSjand v/ith Figures of falfe 
Deities.I found Statues of white mar ble-and fome of black, of the 
bignefs of three perfons> with a fword on their fide, and of aa 
hard flone^namelVjaMan and aWoman^aC the feafl of the height 
of eight fathomSjthough feated in chairs^but well proportioned: 
And two others of black marble reprelenting women 5 with 
Globes on their head and extravagant coverings thereon^which 
were two foot broad from one fhoulder to the other. 
If I had had more time allow'd me to make this V oyage, or 
had not been obliged to flay long time upon the account of our 
Million, in fuch places where nothing confiderable was to be 
feenj might have made very curious Ohfervations. There are 
places where I could notftay to view them but half an hour$ 
which required very well the ftay of many hours, and we light- 
ed not but in two places, where Antiquities were to be feen^ one 
whereof is Called Lo^or^mA the other Cmdierj^'whSch is a very an- 
cient Caflrle^efteemed by the Tradition of the Country to have 
formerly been the Refidence of a King, Nor indeed is this 
hard to believe even before one enters into it , confidering in 
the advenues of the faid Caftle a great number of Spinnxes 
Bb'b. ftaciding 
