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intention of climbing to the top of the Pyramid, 
"which the heat prevented me from doing before; 
but it fecmed as if fortune had refolved that the 
Weather fhould always hinder me from reaching 
ubove the middle of its height. When I had got to 
t he middle, there came fuch a wind, that I and my 
fervant were glad to find ourfelves in a part of the 
pyramid where we could lay ourfelves down between 
the fteps, until the violence of it had gone over us. I 
thought it therefore too much to venture to proceed 
farther, as in cafe of another fuch accident 1 might 
not perhaps find the fame flielter. We continued 
°Ur voyage, which through the carelefsnefs of the 
naafter was not fo agreeable as before. He carried 
ns to places where the water was not deep enough, 
j? that our boat fluck fall in the mud. It was not 
lo dangerous to run a-ground here, as before GEland 
° r Yarmouth. The watermen of the Nile knew a 
c °uvenient method of helping the boat forward. Six 
°f them went on each fide, put their Ihoulders under 
fne gunnel, and, as it were, carried the whole boat, 
]n which were above twenty perfons, with much 
pggage. In the evening we came to Abufir, a vil- 
lage, near which is one of the holes leading to the 
ppulchres of the Mummies. Before we reached the 
J* R( b the Ihore was full of people, old and young, 
f 0lI1 en and children, who came out of the village to 
* ee and enquire what we wanted. Peafants are in 
jWery place curious and full of wonder, when they fee 
rangers; and the Egyptians are moreover fufpi- 
'Ous. The Scheck of the village came on board, 
Cc °mpanied by two of his neighbours, who had the 
bPpearance of Arabs, armed with fabres and pitlols. 
) ^y enquired our errand, and permitted llieep to 
brought us for money, to be dreffed for our 
Ppei, The 0I4 man went away immediately, and 
G 4 left 
