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|? n d whereon the town is built becomes an ifland. 
, !1 the 2 2 d, I went out to fee this gulph. The 
fixture of fea and river water caufes this water to 
e neither fait nor fweet, but between both. A 
^mber of fifh keep here, which are caught 
?5 ar Damiata, and confift chiefly of the Burri 
k VTullet) of the Egyptians, and different fpecies 
citente Artedi, which I have already defcribed. In 
^turning home I faw a lingle tree of Caflia fiflula, 
nich had ripened its pods, but had not yet put 
° rt n leaves. This valuable tree is rarely feen in 
lower parts of Egypt, but more common 
3nd Cairo : it grows now fpontaneoufly, but was 
t L t brought from India. On this excurfion, I found 
j t e m °A remarkable Date tree I had feen in Egypt; 
g J? as compofed of two trees, which had grown to- 
_ ther at their bails, but parted two feet from the 
f 0 ° Un d, one ftem being larger than the other. It 
'netimes happens that feveral of thefe trees grow 
(p _ near to each other, as to join with their ba- 
0tl ’ “ut they arc always diftinft trees, nor does ever 
tr e C root emit two ft ems. But at Taj urn I faw a Date 
k e divided into two crowns near the top, which 
^our e - 1S vei 7 rare ^T Entering the town, I faw the 
ftuv 6 10 w ^‘ c b the French Conful dwelt during his 
at Damiata. It was entirely deftroyed, and 
^inhabitable. It has been in this fituation 
p e || , lnce tbe Conful and his merchant were ex- 
for the town for a riot which they had raifed 
d°n-in a ffair of gallantry ; fo dangerous and unpar- 
tlt at • an offence is this amongft the Turks. From 
J une there has not been a French Conful or 
had ant ‘ n Damiata. No other nation hath em* 
c burc ,n ^ ^nfinefs here. The Greeks alone have a 
It k a 1 in Damiata, by which l afterwards paffed. 
s * number of priefls and a pretty large con- 
I gregation. 
