216 PYRAMIDS OF SACCARA. 
CHAP, almost naked: they wore coral necklaces, and 
i ^' _, large ivory bracelets. An ^rab joined the 
dance, which we had never seen any of the men 
do before: he began by exhibiting a variety of 
attitudes with his drawn sabre ; and then pro- 
ceeded to express the tenderness of his passion 
for the female dancer in a very ludicrous man- 
ner, squeaking, and howling like some wild 
animal. One of the Sheiks who had received us 
upon our arrival went to a neighbouring village, 
to procure some additional horses for the next 
morning. The music and the dancing continued 
during the whole of the night. Our boat was 
anchored opposite to the farthest pyramid, to- 
wards the south; Cairo being still in sight. 
Appear- lu the moming of August the twenty-eighth. 
Country to ^^ ^vc o'clock, as the sun was rising in great 
tlrc^ivo.'' splendour behind the mountainous ridge of M?- 
kntam, we went round the village, which consisted 
entirely of mud huts. Near to these were se- 
veral gardens, in which we gathered radishes for 
our breakfast. We noticed also some dwarf 
varieties of the Palm\ which we had not before 
observed, growing in clusters among the taller 
trees, and bearing abundance of fruit, but 
(l) Phoenix dactylifera. 
