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sight of both. Ihe appearance of Rahmanich is not 
more agreeable than that of the other towns of Lower 
Egypt. The houses are built upon small heights, and 
are composed of bricks made of the black earth upon 
which they stand. As they are not white-washed, they 
give the town a very melancholy look; which, however, 
possesses one singularity, namely, there is one quarter 
composed entirely of dove houses, each of which has 
a round roof, that gives it the appearance of a large 
sugar loaf, or parabolic cupola; and the tout ensemble 
of these cupolas present an aspect truly original. 
On one side of the town there was a camp of two 
thousand Arnauts, situated upon the edge of the river. 
The soldiers had a number of boats placed the whole 
length of their line. 
Wednesday, October 5tk. 
The calm continued. At ten, however, the wind 
rose, and we set sail. In half an hour we were between 
the village of Morques which is on the left, and that 
of Maidmoun on the right; and after leaving Mehalet 
Abouaali upon the right, we passed Caffer-macher on 
the same side. There were several groups of houses 
and cottages on the opposite shore. 
Dove houses, similar to those at Rahmanich, are 
very common in all the villages and hamlets. Pigeons 
supply the place of meat, which is scarce, on account 
of the want of pasturage. There are no trees near the 
river on either side, in this part of the country. 
At noon we passed Ssaffia upon the right; and three 
quarters of an hour afterwards we were between Mah- 
haladiaya upon the right, and Hheberhhil upon the left. 
It was one o'clock before we arrived between 
Dameguiniddena and Scheberriss. At three I saw the 
