Sepulchres of the Mummies. 85 
performed. We went the 17th at fun-rife, on 
‘ J oard one of the veflels in the Nile, after we had 
encreafed our company with our landlords. We 
' a jled fir it for the large Pyramids, which I had a 
^‘nd to fee once more, as well for their being fo 
? u ch worth notice, as particularly for the pleasure 
now had of coming to them on the water, the 
am e way I fome months before had gone by land, 
f his voyage is the pleafantell that can be imagined. 
V j' e failed in from two to four feet water; and thofe 
Peaces which the water hath not yet overflown, or 
yiere it had already begun to decreafe, appeared 
^ pthed with a charming verdure, a great part fown 
Turkey wheat, and fome parts, tho’ but few, 
£ ll h Lucern,the latter not being commonly fown be- 
° r e the water has entirely decreafed. Innumerable 
°cks of different kinds of birds are to be feen on 
places not under water. I particularly faw the 
g°yfton Crow, or common Crow (Corvus Cornix) 
ar jd Piper (Tringa Hypoleucos) wdtich had lately 
Jrived, a kind of Dotteril (Charadrius) as large as 
■ j ,°vc, which I have defcribed; the common field 
v . ar k (Alauda arvenfis) a kind of Crane, Ardea 
lr §° temporibus criftatis, the oriental Crane (Ardea 
p r ' e ntalis) which I have defcribed in Smyrna. The 
,yecan (Pelicanus Onocratalus) which flew by us in 
flocks : as this is the time of their migration, 
jm fliey come to thefe Southern parts from the 
of ack Sea and the coafts of Greece, the ufual places 
te . eir fummer’s refidence. All thefe excited my at- 
j^tion, but nQne f 0 muc h as the Crane, call’d 
dil' S l 1 * ckou §fl t this mod remarkable, as an incre- 
flatl° , nuna ^ er covered the fields. A perfon that 
can 1 t ‘c i know ' edge of Nature’s ceconomy, may 
‘ 1 y find, why the Creator hath ordered this bird 
c ° me ‘ n fuch numbers to the marlhy Egyptian 
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