On Saturday several persons of the town made me 
visits. I did not go out myself, except to Mr. Rosette's, 
who gave me a little entertainment. On Sunday it 
rained the whole of the day, and thundered very much. 
At two o'clock on Monday, the 3d of October, I 
embarked in a cancha, and proceeded up the river. 
This sort of vessel is used only upon the Nile. Its 
construction does not differ much from that of the 
djermes. It is of the same size, and has the same 
rigging; but it has two rooms, which form a drawing 
room and cabinet, surrounded with small windows, 
and a small balcony behind the whole, being indepen- 
dent of the rest of the vessel. I occupied these apart- 
ments; and my servants, horses, and baggage, were 
stowed in the body of the ship. 
At half-past two we passed before Abu Mandour, 
a mosque dedicated to a saint, on the left bank of the 
river; and at^five arrived at Berenbal, a village upon 
the right, after having left Lemir upon the left. 
The windings of the Nile require the prow of the 
vessels to be turned towards the wind. In these cases 
they tow them by means of cords, as has been already 
said; and the canchas have on this account a greater 
number of sailors than the size of them otherwise 
would require. There were fourteen men on board 
mine. 
At eight in the evening we stopped between the 
villages of Emtaubes upon the right, and Edfina upon 
the left bank of the river. 
Tuesday, October 4th. 
We sailed at eight in the morning with a slight 
breeze. Eight of the sailors leapt ashore to tow the 
vessel; but they soon came on board; for the bank was 
