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rived at El Gourni, a small village near 
the ancient Thebes, which he visited in 
the afternoon, and from which he pro- 
ceeded at midnight to Luxor, on the 
eastern bank of the Nile, where he re- 
mained ull the 17th, apparently viewing 
the ruins of the ancient Diospolis. On 
the {8th he left Esne, for Shekh-Ammer, 
and on the 20th he arrived at Syeue; 
where he remained til the 26th, and 
where he ascertained the latitude, 24° 
@ 45”, by three observations taken on 
the 22d, 93d, and 24th of arte ary.——On 
descending the Nile, January 26, he ar- 
rived at Negade on the 31st, and return- 
ed to Badjoura on the 2d of February. 
On-the Credit due to Bruce's Travels. 
[Dec. 1, 
The voyage is filledawith the most cir- 
cumstantial and amusing adventsres; but 
Sonini, in express contradiction to our 
author, concurs with Norden in assert- 
ing as a well known fact, that Dendera is 
‘situated seven leagues to the south of 
Badjoura, and not only Sonini, but 
Brown and Denon arrived first at Far- 
shout, Badjoura, or How, before they 
reached Dendera, im their respective 
journeys up the Nile. The fact is con- 
firmed by the following extract, con- 
taining observations of latitude, taken 
by the editor, from Mr. Bruce’s own. 
jouruals, (Bruce’s Travels, vol. VII. p. 
355). 
STARS. 
Dec. 27. In Farshout, in}Rigel 52° 28° 30”) Fine Weather, and 
ene of the Friars. |Eastern Shoulder of Orion.J?1 17 0 calm. 
Jan. 7, 4769. Tent on the 
Banks of the Nile, cn Rastern Shoulder of Orion 7 10 30 
the Calish that gves to ae a oS aloo 17 985 ae } Goo Observation, 
the City, 300 paces to ho 2 
N.E. of Dendera. 
Jan. 10. In the Tent tojRigel 55 380 
South, immediately out|Eastern Shoulder of Orion |2' sa t Good Observation. 
Fa sO RO) 
of Negade. 
fan. 15. In the Tent at Bateerh Shoulder of Orion 74 33.0 ; 
Sonth side, immediately|Procyon oe ie 40 t Back many Clouds. 
out of Luxor. “ 
Eastern Shoulder of Orion |71 39 30 
fan. 16. In ditto. 47 54 90 
Sirius TP AG 340 f 
an, 22. In Badjoura. astern Shoulder of Orion j53 28 20 ‘ o 
es 23. In Badjoura. Rigel t Good Oats 
Eastern Shoulder of Orion. j71. 17 40 
Feb. 6. In Girge. Rigel 55 11-50) Much Wind, thatmade 
Eastern Shoulder of Orion [71 O 33 the Tohacnaees 
ALTITUDES. 
oe 
+4 
From these altitudes it would appear 
that the latitude of Dendera was 269° 
10' 0”; that of Farshout 26° 38’ 30”, or 6’ 
30 south of Dendera; ; and Badjoura,about 
40’ to the south of Farshout; that Ne- 
gade was in latitude 25° 53’ 30”, and 
Luxor in 25° 41/40". But from the dates 
of these ebservations, and from the suc- 
cession of those places im the journal it- 
self, 1t is indisputably certain that our 
author, in his voyage up the -Nile, ar- 
rived first at Parshout, before the 27th of 
ees fu and afterwards proceeded 
southward to Dendera, where be took an 
observation on the 7th of January, the 
very day assigned in his Travels for his 
departure from Farshout. On the 10th 
he was at Negade, not on his return, but 
en his voyage Spward, and -on the 15th 
and 16th at Luxor, which is farther 
south; but instead of those observatious 
of latitude made at Syene on the 22d and 
23d, two observations are made at Bad- 
joura, from which he descended the Nile. 
to Girge, previous, at least, to the 8th of 
February. And in his observations of 
longitude, the first observation of Jupi- 
ter’s satellites 1s taken at Negade, on the 
1ith of January, the second at Bad- 
joura on the 27th, the very dav after he 
left Syene, vol. viii. p.365. The fact is 
this, that the supposed voyage to Syene, 
which he never visited till his return from 
Abyssinia, when his three observations of 
latitude were taken on the Sth and 10th 
of December, 1772 (p. 379), and his 
journey to the lesser Cataract, which 
he never saw even then, are, in plain and 
unqualified 
