314 FROM GRAND CAIRO 
evening, the turbulence of the waves induced 
our boatmen to anchor, for a short time^ at the 
village of Mahallet Abouali. The wind was less 
violent after sun-set ; and we passed Rachmame 
during the night, regretting that we could not 
see the great Canal which supplied Alexandria 
with water from the river. 
BeHnhai. Bcforc day-light in the morning, September 
the fifth, we went to the village of Berinbcd, to 
see the manner of hatching poultry, by placing 
their eggs in ovens, so frequently mentioned by 
authors, and so well described by one of our 
oldest travellers, George Sandys '. Notwith- 
standing this, the whole contrivance, and the 
trade connected with it, are accompanied by 
such extraordinary circumstances, that it re- 
quired all the evidence of one's senses to give 
Ovens for them Credibility. We were conducted to one 
chickeifs. of the principal buildings constructed for this 
purpose ; and entered by a narrow passage, on 
each side of which were two rows of chambers, 
in two tiers, one above the other, with cylin- 
drical holes, as passages, from the lower to the 
upper tier. The floor of the upper tier is grated 
(l) See " Relation of a Journey began A. D. 1610," p. V2»- 
Lnnd. lG'37. 
