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sensation as if trains of sand had been cast into chap. 
. n. 
the eyes'. At this season, also, the dysentery ■ 
begins to number its victims ; and although 
some be fortunate enough to escape the worst 
effects of this disorder, it proves fatal in many 
instances". A traveller may escape most of 
these evils by proper attention : and if he visit 
the country so as to profit by the Etesian winds Facility of 
at the time of the inundation, and hire a djerm ^uH^y 
for his constant residence upon the river, he ^^■''^"' 
may venture into Upper Egypt, and visit its stu- 
pendous remains of antiquity with greater ease 
and comfort than he ever performed any other 
expedition. The never-failing monsoon will 
scarry him along, sitting in a cool and comforta- 
ble cabin, with every convenience for reading 
or writing, for food, or rest ; and the current 
of the river alone will operate as favourably for 
his return. We considered the time we spent 
(1) It is said even yet to exist in this country, as a contagious dis- 
order brought by our army from Egypt. 
(2) The best remedies for this terrible complaint are, first a swath- 
ing of flannel, in many folds, about the abdomen ; and, secondly, a 
drink of water, in which rice has been boiled, carefully strained from 
the grains of rice, which should not be eaten. The very worst effects 
• may be apprehended from brandy, or any of those heating cordiaU 
usually administered, by ignorant people, upon these occasions. Rice- 
water and abstemious diet are the reniedic:-. resorted to by the ^Irnbs 
themselves. 
