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forward to Gasser Eteliebi, at the foot 
of Mount Djible. 
On the 10th a Shiek arrived from 
Derna, who began to find fault with 
the Arabs for advancing thus far, add¬ 
ing that the voyagers were spies from 
the Pasha of Egypt, and that a speedy 
answer was not to be expected, as the 
Bey had written to Tripoli for instruc¬ 
tions. A caravan from Derna that was 
passing through, served to strengthen 
these. surmises. No hopes therefore 
remained of visiting the ruins of Gy¬ 
rene, an object so long cherished, and 
their route was now in the direction of 
Siwah. 
On the I4th of November, they moved 
their camp from Eteliebi, and began to 
cross plains overspread with tremendous 
arid rocks, where frequently for miles 
together not a plant was to be seen, 
nor any living creature, except a few 
lizards and insects. Travelling day 
and nignt, after great exertion the 
company fortunately reached the valley 
of Siwah, November 18th. The Turk¬ 
ish governor, to whom the letters of 
recommendation were addressed, being 
absent, the Shieks ol the place objected 
to receiving the company, and consigned 
to them at last, as a residence during 
their stay, a court inclosed on every 
side. This disappointment prevented 
their visiting either the temple of Ju¬ 
piter Ammon, or the fountain of the 
sun, or any other monument of the 
Oasis. On the 23d, the caravan set 
out from Siwah for Alexandria, and 
this proved the most toilsome part of 
their journey. In tile first three days 
they marched forward to Dyr-Asa, a 
small Oasis, where they found inhabi¬ 
tants, and in the three following days 
they came to Byr-Haird. There M. 
Liman, again indisposed, retarded their 
departure twenty-four hours. A Saxon 
ot the name of SbeDner, an assistant to 
the tv o naturalists, was taken with the 
same disorder; it was a violent diarrhoea 
abended with fever and a vehement 
tsdrst, only increased by the water 
which was brackish or saltish. All at 
once the two patients became so weak, 
that t>n departing they were obliged to 
fasten them, wrapped up in clothing 
and blankets, on camels. 
After two very fatiguing days march, 
they arrived at the well Byr-Lebouck, 
the water of which was so ill tasted that 
tile horses, though eight and forty hours 
without water, refused to drink ; the 
men who took it were instantly seized 
°searches in Egypt. 
with a diarrhoea. In the next three 
days they came to By.r-Hainan, where 
the water was sweet and good. Here 
they would have remained two days to 
procure refreshments for their sick, but 
a heavy rain which made them appre¬ 
hend the roads being impracticable for 
camels, added to a scarcity of provisions, 
which obliged them to live on snails as 
their meat, diverted them from this 
purpose. In their next journey the 
rain fell down in torrents. The night 
was so dark, that even the Bedouins 
were afraid of getting lost. When at 
the last extremity, they had the good 
fortune to meet a horde of wandering 
Arabs, who sold them water and dates 
tor their sick, and camel’s llesh for the 
rest of the company. At length, after 
numberless privations, they arrived at 
Alexandria on the /tli of December at 
night, but they had some difiiculiy to 
secure a lodging. Next morning they 
were busy in getting their sick into the 
hospital; they had much trouble to 
pi or ure their admission. Professor 
Liman died there December 12th ; he 
was buried on the same day in the ce¬ 
metery of the Greek convent; M. 
Tschuui, a Swiss, sent to Egypt by 
the Society in London, for the con¬ 
version of the Jews, delivered an ad¬ 
dress to the spectators, over his tomb. 
About the same time Lieut. Groket, at 
Grand Cairo, fell a victim to his exces¬ 
sive fatigues. M. Speltner was slowly 
recovering, but it was two months be¬ 
fore he was completely re-established. 
Messrs. Ebrenberg ami Hemprich 
were employed during their stay at 
A lex and.s ia, in arranging and packing 
til 611 . collections to expedite tfieni foi* 
Em ope. In. the beginning of January, 
L'_d, a considerable paid of them was 
on the voyage, consisting of 30 mam- 
miferous animals, 128 amphibious, 106 
birds, 2000 insects, a great variety of 
fishes, cray fish, molluscae, worms, &c. 
witn 120 different sorts of minerals. 
After sending oh (he above car to, 
toe two travellers left Alexandria, Ja¬ 
nuary 19th, and embarked on the new 
canal for Cairo, which they readied 
(that is its port or basin of Boulak) 
February 2d. . General Minutoli had 
set out from Cairo early in January, for 
a two months’ tour in Upper Egypt 
and the Faiourn: lie intended after¬ 
wards visiting Jerusalem, and hoped to 
he at the celebration of the festival of 
Easter. 
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