jo8 TRAVELS TO THE EAST. 
TO DAMIATA. 
T HE 13th of March in the forenoon, we palled 
by Maufora, a place which hath got an im* 
mortal name by the unlucky pilgrimage of th e 
French King, Louis the Holy, to Egypt. It is no^ 
a little town, or rather a large village, about hah 
way between Damiata and Cairo, well diftinguilhed 
from the other villages, by fix Mofques, and k 5 
fmall houfes, which however are tolerable hand' 
fome and built of done ; the others having met 6 
clay huts, and fome are without a Mofque. ’W |J 
came to Damiata after a voyage of three days 
the Nile. . 
The 1 6th early, I went out to botanize rouH d 
the town, but this neighbourhood affords nothin 
dilferent from the other parts of Egypt. Cich 0 ' 
rium fpinofum”, Centaurea calcitrapoides b , Cardu u 
fvriacus c , Tragopogun picroides d , Medicago poly® 0 *" 
pha e . Trifolium refupinatum f , Scorpiurus fulcat * 1 
Lathy r us hifpanicus h , Ranunculus fceleratus 1 , Ejj' 
phorbia peplus k , Toa annua 1 , Hordeum murinurn ’ 
Adiantum capillus", Trifolium procumbens 0 , *° t 
bulbofavivip. p , Apium graveolens' 1 , Salix tegyptiac* j- 
Chenopodium viride 5 . Much larger quantities 0 
dew fall about this time in this part of Eg)'!;.-' 
which is neared, the fea, than in others more ® 
“Thorny fuccory. b Knapwecd. c Syrian thiftle. d Goatsbe^L, 
c Snail trefoil. f Kefupinated trefoil, s Caterpillars. h Sp a " 
chichling vetch. ‘Crowfoot. k Spurge. 1 Annual poa. m 
"Maidenhair. 0 Procumbent trefoil, p Bulbofe poa, s Stitt" 1 
parfley, r Egyptian willow. ‘ Goofcfoot. . 
