©rders all the ministers and individuals of the Greek 
rite. 
The papaz or vicar told me that he had had three 
drawings of Mount Sinai in his possession, but that he 
had given them to Admiral Sir Home Popham, and to 
two other Englishmen. 
Monday ', 18th May. 
The passage of the sun which I observed on this and 
the preceding day, gave the latitude 28° 18' 51" N. 
Tor is three miles distant to the south-east, and I 
reckoned my chronometrical longitude 31° 12' 15" E. 
from the observatory of Paris, as observed upon my 
first journey. Thus the geographical position of the 
principal points of Arabia from Suez to Mecca, is ac- 
curately determined. 
The inhabitants of Tor wear the same costume as 
those of Hedjaz, but many are to be seen who are 
dressed in a cloth caftan, and a white turban as in 
Egypt. The Christians wear a blue turban, and some 
have also a large shift of the same colour. I saw no 
women, but remarked some children, who were ugly, 
dirty, and disgusting. 
The vicar belonging to the Christians, wears a black 
gown, a black cap in the form of a truncated cone in- 
verted, with a black or blue shawl. The present papaz, 
who is called Baba-Cherasimur Sinaite, is a man about 
fifty-eight years of age, with a long beard as white as 
snow; he has much wit, and bears an excellent charac- 
ter. His influence extends over the Christians, and the 
Arabs of the surrounding country, and the individuals 
of both religions live very harmoniously together. 
He complained of the want of French merchandize, 
the scarcity of which was caused by the European wars. 
