Arabs raising Idutr from the ^'iIe. 
CHAP. II. 
VOYAGE UP THE NILE, TO GRAND CAIRO. 
Example afforded ly a Naval Officer — Inaccuracy in the 
Maps of Egypt — Triple Harvest of the Delta — Mode 
of raising Water from the Nile— Summer Habits of the 
Egyptian Arabs — Ficus Sycamorus — Etesian Wnids 
— Mo^\5nls — Dancing IVomen — Debe — Sindion and 
Derr^Il — Turkish Cavalry — Arab Customs — Foua— 
Rachmanie — Description of the Country — Diseases — 
Facility of visiting Upper Egypt — Koum Scheriff — 
Amrus— Birds — Singular Animal Appearance— Plants — 
El Buredgiat — Remarkable Phcenomenon — Tumblers 
— Abundance of Corn — Southern Point of the Delta — 
Arrival at Bulac — View of the Pyramids — Visit to the 
Reis 
