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Whilst passing we observed a funiral procession at 
Schemschera. It was headed by a respectable and 
well-dressed person, perhaps the Incana, who was fol- 
lowed by twelve or fifteen persons. The corpse was 
carried by four men upon their shoulders, and was 
covered with different pieces of coloured cotton, the 
last of which was red. The whole was closed by a 
number of women, who shed tears, and uttered loud 
cries. These women, as well as all the others I re- 
marked upon the banks of the Nile, were dressed or 
covered with blue cloth, except one, who was more 
elegant than the rest, being covered with a large 
broad cloth with blue and white stripes. The proces- 
sion being arrived at the sepulchre, the women with- 
drew; and the men remained alone to bury the body. 
At every instant we perceived barn floors for beating 
out the rice. The banks were covered with cows and 
buffaloes. Several of these animals were immersed to 
their necks in the water: they sometimes plunged their 
heads under also, and remained in that state for a 
minute. 
At one in the afternoon we passed between the vil- 
lages Derout and Sindioun; and at half- past three we 
arrived at Foua, which is upon the right bank. It is 
tolerably extensive, for I counted fourteen minarets 
belonging to mosques. The houses are large. There 
were a great number of troops, and Arnaut soldiers. 
In front of the town is the village Zurumbe. The 
river may be about half a league wide at this spot; 
and there is a large island in the middle of it. It was 
half-past five when we passed the village of Salmia, 
situated upon the right; and at half- past eight, having 
passed between the town of Rahmanich, which is on 
the right, and the village of Dessouk, we anchored in 
