+------------------------------------+_Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798

| AUGUST. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 79 | 90 | |

| | | | |

| 2 | 99 | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 3 | 82 | 93 | S.E. |

| | | | |

| 4 | 80 | 91 | S. |

| | | | |

| 5 | 80 | 91 | |

| | | | |

| 6 | 84 | 96 | |

| | | | |

| 7 | 85 | 95 | |

| | | | |

| 8 | 82 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 9 | 82½ | 93 | N. |

| | | | |

| 10 | 83 | 94 | N.N.W. |

| | | | |

| 11 | 84 | 94 | E. |

| | | | |

| 12 | 83 | 94 | S.E. |

| | | | |

| 13 | 86 | 97 | |

| | | | |

| 14 | 84 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 15 | 84 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 16 | 85 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 17 | 82 | 91 | S. |

| | | | |

| 18 | 80 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 19 | 75 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 20 | 80 | 93 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 21 | 81 | 94 | S.E.E. |

| | | | |

| 22 | 81 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 23 | 83 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 24 | 84 | 97 | } |

| | | | } |

| 25 | 84 | 97 | } |

| | | | } |

| 26 | 80 | 92 | } |

| | | | } |

| 27 | 83 | 92 | } Generally |

| | | | } S. or S.E. |

| 28 | 82 | 93 | } |

| | | | } |

| 29 | 84 | 95 | } |

| | | | } |

| 30 | 85 | 95 | } |

| | | | } |

| 31 | 84 | 96 | } |

+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+

| SEPTEMBER. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 82 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 2 | 79 | 92 | E. ¼S. |

| | | | |

| 3 | 78 | 92 | E.S.E. |

| | | | |

| 4 | 80 | 95 | |

| | | | |

| 5 | 81 | 95 | |

| | | | |

| 6 | 80 | 94 | E. |

| | | | |

| 7 | 78 | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 8 | 82 | 94 | S.E.E. |

| | | | |

| 9 | 82 | 96 | S. ¼E. |

| | | | |

| 10 | 80 | 95 | |

| | | | |

| 11 | 84 | 95 | S.E. ½E. |

| | | | |

| 12 | 84 | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 13 | 83 | 94 | S.E. |

| | | | |

| 14 | 81 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 15 | 84 | 95 | |

| | | | |

| 16 | 80 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 17 | 79 | 90 | E. |

| | | | |

| 18 | 80 | 91 | E.N.E. |

| | | | |

| 19 | 80 | 92 | N.E. |

| | | | |

| 20 | 78 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 21 | 82 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 22 | 82 | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 23 | 79 | 90 | |

| | | | |

| 24 | 80 | 93 | } |

| | | | } |

| 25 | 79 | 94 | } |

| | | | } |

| 26 | 78 | 92 | } |

| | | | } Generally |

| 27 | 80 | 92½ | } N.E. |

| | | | } |

| 28 | 82 | 94 | } |

| | | | } |

| 29 | 83 | 95 | } |

| | | | } |

| 30 | 80 | 92 | } |

+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+

| OCTOBER. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 78 | 90 | } |

| | | | } |

| 2 | 78 | 90 | } |

| | | | } |

| 3 | 77 | 91 | } |

| | | | } |

| 4 | 80 | 91½ | } |

| | | | } |

| 5 | 76 | 90 | } |

| | | | } |

| 6 | 77 | 92 | } |

| | | | } For the |

| 7 | 82 | 92 | } most part |

| | | | } Northerly. |

| 8 | 82 | 93 | } |

| | | | } |

| 9 | 80 | 92 | } |

| | | | } |

| 10 | 79 | 92 | } |

| | | | } |

| 11 | 78 | 90 | } |

| | | | } |

| 12 | 80 | 89 | } |

| | | | } |

| 13 | 81 | 90 | } |

| | | | |

| 14 | 76 | 90 | N.E. |

| | | | |

| 15 | 76 | 88 | N. |

| | | | |

| 16 | 76 | 89 | N. |

| | | | |

| 17 | 79 | 91 | |

| | | | |

| 18 | 78 | 90 | N.N.E. |

| | | | |

| 19 | 80 | 89 | |

| | | | |

| 20 | 82 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 21 | 82 | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 22 | 79 | 93 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 23 | 80 | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 24 | 78 | 89 | N. |

| | | | |

| 25 | 78 | 90 | N. |

| | | | |

| 26 | 80 | 91 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 27 | 79 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 28 | 77 | 90 | |

| | | | |

| 29 | 77 | 89 | |

| | | | |

| 30 | 76 | 89 | |

| | | | |

| 31 | 79 | 90 | |

+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+

| NOVEMBER. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 79 | 91 | } |

| | | | } |

| 2 | 78 | 88 | } |

| | | | } |

| 3 | 78 | 88 | } |

| | | | } |

| 4 | 79 | 87 | } |

| | | | } |

| 5 | 78 | 88 | } |

| | | | } |

| 6 | 78 | 86 | } |

| | | | } |

| 7 | 76 | 86 | } |

| | | | } |

| 8 | 74 | 85 | } |

| | | | } W. and |

| 9 | 74 | 86 | } often S.W. |

| | | | } |

| 10 | 75 | 85½ | } |

| | | | } |

| 11 | 73 | 84 | } |

| | | | } |

| 12 | 73 | 85 | } |

| | | | } |

| 13 | 73 | 86 | } |

| | | | } |

| 14 | 76 | 86 | } |

| | | | } |

| 15 | 72 | 83½ | } |

| | | | } |

| 16 | 74 | 84 | } |

| | | | } |

| 17 | 74 | 82 | } |

| | | | |

| 18 | 73 | 82 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 19 | 75 | 82 | N. |

| | | | |

| 20 | 74 | 83 | |

| | | | |

| 21 | 72 | 81 | N. |

| | | | |

| 22 | 72 | 81½ | N. |

| | | | |

| 23 | 73 | 81½ | } |

| | | | } |

| 24 | 73 | 82 | } |

| | | | } |

| 25 | 72 | 83 | } |

| | | | } |

| 26 | 74 | 83½ | } |

| | | | } N. or N.W. |

| 27 | 73 | 82 | } |

| | | | } |

| 28 | 73 | 81½ | } |

| | | | } |

| 29 | 72 | 82 | } |

| | | | } |

| 30 | 71½ | 83 | } |

+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+

| DECEMBER. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 68 | 80½ | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 2 | 69 | 80 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 3 | 71 | 81 | |

| | | | |

| 4 | 73 | 82 | N.N.W. |

| | | | |

| 5 | 73 | 83 | S.W. |

| | | | |

| 6 | 72½ | 82 | S. & E. |

| | | | |

| 7 | 71 | 80 | S.E. |

| | | | |

| 8 | 73 | 83 | |

| | | | |

| 9 | 72 | 80 | |

| | | | |

| 10 | 72 | 83 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 11 | 69 | 80 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 12 | 68 | 79 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 13 | 68 | 81 | N. |

| | | | |

| 14 | 68 | 82 | N. ¼W. |

| | | | |

| 15 | 67 | 81 | } |

| | | | } |

| 16 | 66 | 82 | } No |

| | | | }settled wind.|

| 17 | 66½ | 82 | } |

| | | | } |

| 18 | 67 | 81 | } |

| | | | |

| 19 | 67 | 81 | } |

| | | | } |

| 20 | 68 | 82 | } |

| | | | } |

| 21 | 70 | 84 | } |

| | | | } |

| 22 | 71 | 84 | } |

| | | | } S. and S.E. |

| 23 | 70 | 84 | } |

| | | | } |

| 24 | 70 | 82 | } |

| | | | } |

| 25 | 70 | 81½ | } |

| | | | } |

| 26 | 66 | 80 | } |

| | | | |

| 27 | 66 | 81 | |

| | | | |

| 28 | 65 | 79 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 29 | 67 | 79 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 30 | 67 | 81 | |

| | | | |

| 31 | 68 | 81 | |

+------+------+------+---------------+

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE

FOR THE YEAR 1795.

+------------------------------------+

| JANUARY. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 59 | 75 | } |

| | | | } |

| 2 | 64 | 78 | } |

| | | | } |

| 3 | 58 | 74 | } |

| | | | } |

| 4 | 58 | 76 | } |

| | | | } |

| 5 | 60 | 76 | } |

| | | | } |

| 6 | 61 | 76 | } |

| | | | } |

| 7 | 62 | 77 | } |

| | | | } |

| 8 | 63 | 78 | } |

| | | | } |

| 9 | 63 | 76 | } |

| | | | } |

| 10 | 63 | 76 | } |

| | | | } |

| 11 | 60 | 75 | } Generally |

| | | | } N.W. or N. |

| 12 | 57 | 69 | } and very |

| | | | } violent. |

| 13 | 57 | 69 | } |

| | | | } |

| 14 | 57 | 71 | } |

| | | | } |

| 15 | 56 | 73 | } |

| | | | } |

| 16 | 56 | 73 | } |

| | | | } |

| 17 | 55 | 72½ | } |

| | | | } |

| 18 | 59 | 77 | } |

| | | | } |

| 19 | 58 | 77 | } |

| | | | } |

| 20 | 58 | 78 | } |

| | | | } |

| 21 | 60 | 81 | } |

| | | | } |

| 22 | 60 | 79 | } |

| | | | } |

| 23 | 59 | 79 | } |

| | | | |

| 24 | 60 | 79 | } |

| | | | } |

| 25 | 58 | 80 | } |

| | | | } |

| 26 | 62 | 80 | } |

| | | | } |

| 27 | 60 | 81 | } |

| | | | } S. and S.E. |

| 28 | 62½ | 81 | } or calm. |

| | | | } |

| 29 | 60 | 80 | } |

| | | | } |

| 30 | 61 | 80 | } |

| | | | } |

| 31 | 59 | 78½ | } |

+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+

| FEBRUARY. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 57 | 74 | |

| | | | |

| 2 | 56 | 75 | N. |

| | | | |

| 3 | 59 | 75 | N. |

| | | | |

| 4 | 60 | 77 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 5 | 60 | 76 | N. |

| | | | |

| 6 | 61 | 76 | |

| | | | |

| 7 | 57 | 72 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 8 | 48 | 66 | N. |

| | | | |

| 9 | 50 | 71 | N. |

| | | | |

| 10 | 54 | 71 | |

| | | | |

| 11 | 52 | 74 | |

| | | | |

| 12 | 55 | 76 | N.N.W. |

| | | | |

| 13 | 55 | 74 | |

| | | | |

| 14 | 57 | 75 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 15 | 56 | 76 | |

| | | | |

| 16 | 59 | 76 | |

| | | | |

| 17 | 59 | 76 | |

| | | | |

| 18 | 60 | 78 | } |

| | | | } |

| 19 | 60 | 80 | } |

| | | | } |

| 20 | 63 | 80 | } |

| | | | } |

| 21 | 64 | 81 | } |

| | | | } |

| 22 | 65 | 81 | } |

| | | | } Generally |

| 23 | 65 | 83 | } South. |

| | | | } |

| 24 | 65 | 82 | } |

| | | | } |

| 25 | 64 | 82½ | } |

| | | | } |

| 26 | 64 | 82 | } |

| | | | } |

| 27 | 66 | 83 | } |

| | | | } |

| 28 | 66 | 84 | } |

+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+

| MARCH. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 65 | 81 | } |

| | | | } |

| 2 | 66 | 84 | } |

| | | | } |

| 3 | 66 | 80 | } |

| | | | } |

| 4 | 66 | 82 | } |

| | | | } |

| 5 | 74 | 86 | } |

| | | | } |

| 6 | 72 | 90 | } |

| | | | } Very |

| 7 | 74 | 90 | } variable. |

| | | | } |

| 8 | 74 | 91 | } |

| | | | } |

| 9 | 69 | 88 | } |

| | | | } |

| 10 | 68 | 88 | } |

| | | | } |

| 11 | 68 | 90 | } |

| | | | } |

| 12 | 71 | 90 | } |

| | | | } |

| 13 | 72½ | 92 | } |

| | | | |

| 14 | 73 | 92 | S.W. |

| | | | |

| 15 | 71 | 92 | S.W. |

| | | | |

| 16 | 70 | 91 | |

| | | | |

| 17 | 72 | 91 | W. |

| | | | |

| 18 | 74 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 19 | 75 | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 20 | 76 | 93 | } |

| | | | } S. |

| 21 | 75 | 93 | } |

| | | | |

| 22 | 75 | 92½ | |

| | | | |

| 23 | 74 | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 24 | 72½ | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 25 | 71 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 26 | 77 | 94 | S. |

| | | | |

| 27 | 74 | 91 | |

| | | | |

| 28 | 76 | 90 | |

| | | | |

| 29 | 76 | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 30 | 73 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 31 | 70 | 91 | N.W. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+

| APRIL. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 70 | 90 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 2 | 72 | 90 | N. |

| | | | |

| 3 | 72 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 4 | 73 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 5 | 76 | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 6 | 76 | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 7 | 77 | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 8 | 77 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 9 | 77 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 10 | 80 | 96 | } |

| | | | } |

| 11 | 80 | 96 | } S.S.E. |

| | | | } |

| 12 | 76 | 92 | } |

| | | | |

| 13 | 75 | 92 | } |

| | | | } |

| 14 | 74 | 92 | } |

| | | | } |

| 15 | 73 | 91 | } |

| | | | } |

| 16 | 73 | 92 | } |

| | | | } |

| 17 | 75 | 93 | } |

| | | | } |

| 18 | 75 | 95 | } |

| | | | } |

| 19 | 76 | 95 | } |

| | | | } |

| 20 | 76 | 95 | } |

| | | | } |

| 21 | 77 | 94 | } |

| | | | } Variable. |

| 22 | 77 | 94 | } |

| | | | } |

| 23 | 76 | 94 | } |

| | | | } |

| 24 | 74 | 93 | } |

| | | | } |

| 25 | 74 | 93 | } |

| | | | } |

| 26 | 72 | 93 | } |

| | | | } |

| 27 | 73 | 95½ | } |

| | | | } |

| 28 | 72 | 94 | } |

| | | | } |

| 29 | 73 | 94 | } |

| | | | } |

| 30 | 75 | 95½ | } |

+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+

| MAY. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 77 | 93 | N. |

| | | | |

| 2 | 76 | 94 | N. |

| | | | |

| 3 | 76 | 94 | N. |

| | | | |

| 4 | 77 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 5 | 75 | 93 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 6 | 77 | 96 | N.N.W. |

| | | | |

| 7 | 78 | 96 | |

| | | | |

| 8 | 78 | 96 | S. |

| | | | |

| 9 | 76 | 95 | |

| | | | |

| 10 | 76 | 95 | |

| | | | |

| 11 | 74 | 95 | |

| | | | |

| 12 | 73 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 13 | 73 | 91 | N.E. |

| | | | |

| 14 | 72 | 91 | N.E. |

| | | | |

| 15 | 70 | 89 | N.E. |

| | | | |

| 16 | 79 | 89 | |

| | | | |

| 17 | 71 | 89 | |

| | | | |

| 18 | 75 | 92 | S.E. |

| | | | |

| 19 | 73 | 92 | S.E. |

| | | | |

| 20 | 75 | 92½ | |

| | | | |

| 21 | 74 | 95 | S. |

| | | | |

| 22 | 74 | 95 | S. |

| | | | |

| 23 | 76 | 95 | S. |

| | | | |

| 24 | 78 | 100 | S.E. |

| | | | |

| 25 | 79 | 98 | S. |

| | | | |

| 26 | 78 | 98 | S. |

| | | | |

| 27 | 79 | 98 | S.S.E. |

| | | | |

| 28 | 77 | 96 | |

| | | | |

| 29 | 77 | 95 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 30 | 78 | 96 | |

| | | | |

| 31 | 78 | 97 | |

+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+

| JUNE. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 76 | 88 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 2 | 76 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 3 | 78 | 93 | N.N.W. |

| | | | |

| 4 | 77 | 92½ | |

| | | | |

| 5 | 80 | 90 | |

| | | | |

| 6 | 78 | 91 | N. |

| | | | |

| 7 | 78 | 92 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 8 | 79 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 9 | 81 | 98 | } |

| | | | } |

| 10 | 83 | 98 | } |

| | | | } |

| 11 | 82 | 98 | } |

| | | | } |

| 12 | 81 | 97 | } S. |

| | | | } |

| 13 | 70 | 97 | } |

| | | | } |

| 14 | 79 | 95 | } |

| | | | } |

| 15 | 76 | 94 | } |

| | | | |

| 16 | 76 | 94 | } |

| | | | } |

| 17 | 77 | 93 | } |

| | | | } |

| 18 | 77 | 94 | } |

| | | | } |

| 19 | 80 | 95 | } |

| | | | } |

| 20 | 80 | 94 | } |

| | | | } |

| 21 | 81 | 96 | } |

| | | | } |

| 22 | 78 | 92½ | } |

| | | | } |

| 23 | 76 | 98 | } Generally |

| | | | } South. |

| 24 | 80 | 98 | } |

| | | | } |

| 25 | 79 | 96 | } |

| | | | } |

| 26 | 81 | 97 | } |

| | | | } |

| 27 | 82 | 97 | } |

| | | | } |

| 28 | 80 | 96 | } |

| | | | } |

| 29 | 79 | 94½ | } |

| | | | } |

| 30 | 82½ | 96 | } |

+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+

| JULY. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 80 | | |

| | | | |

| 2 | | 96 | |

| | | | |

| 3 | | | |

| | | | |

| 4 | | | |

| | | | |

| 5 | | | |

| | | | |

| 6 | | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 7 | | | |

| | | | |

| 8 | 78 | 91 | |

| | | | |

| 9 | 80 | 96 | |

| | | | |

| 10 | 81 | 98 | |

| | | | |

| 11 | 81 | 101 | |

| | | | |

| 12 | 80 | 97 | |

| | | | |

| 13 | 79 | 97 | |

| | | | |

| 14 | 80 | 96 | |

| 15 | 78 | 93 | during short |

| 16 | 77 | 93 | but generally |

| 17 | 78 | 92 | calm. |

| | | | |

| 18 | 76 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 19 | 78 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 20 | | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 21 | 76 | 91 | |

| | | | |

| 22 | 79 | 94½ | |

| | | | |

| 23 | 80 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 24 | 80 | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 25 | 81 | 95 | |

| | | | |

| 26 | 77 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 27 | 78 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 28 | 78 | 94½ | |

| | | | |

| 29 | 79 | 96 | |

| | | | |

| 30 | 79 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 31 | 80 | 99 | |

+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+

| AUGUST. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 78 | 95 | |

| | | | |

| 2 | 78 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 3 | 75 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 4 | 74½ | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 5 | 73 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 6 | 77 | 95 | |

| | | | |

| 7 | 78 | 97 | |

| | | | |

| 8 | 79 | 96 | |

| | | | |

| 9 | 77 | 98 | S. |

| | | | |

| 10 | 81 | 100 | S.S.E. |

| | | | |

| 11 | 80 | | |

| | | | |

| 12 | 79 | | |

| | | | |

| 13 | 76 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 14 | 78 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 15 | 79 | 95 | |

| | | | |

| 16 | 78 | 95 | |

| | | | |

| 17 | 76 | 95 | |

| | | | |

| 18 | 79 | 96 | |

| | | | |

| 19 | 80 | 99 | S. |

| | | | |

| 20 | 77 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 21 | 76 | 94 | |

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| 22 | 75 | 94 | |

| | | | |

| 23 | 77 | 95 | |

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| 24 | 77 | 93 | N.W. |

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| 25 | 75 | 93 | N.W. |

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| 26 | 76 | 94 | N.N.W. |

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| 27 | 75 | 92 | N. |

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| 28 | 78 | 94 | |

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| 29 | 80 | 96 | S.W. |

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| 30 | 78 | 95 | S. |

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| 31 | 77 | 95 | |

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+------------------------------------+

| SEPTEMBER. |

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|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

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| 1 | | | |

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| 2 | | | |

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| 3 | | | |

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| 7 | | | |

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| 8 | 77 | 93 | } |

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| 9 | 80 | 95 | } |

| | | | } |

| 10 | 81 | 95 | } |

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| 11 | 79 | 93 | } |

| | | | } Always |

| 12 | 78 | 93 | } S.E. or |

| | | | } S. |

| 13 | 80 | 94 | } |

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| 14 | 77 | 92 | } |

| | | | } |

| 15 | 75 | 92 | } |

| | | | } |

| 16 | 74 | 90 | } |

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| 17 | | | |

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| 18 | | | |

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| 19 | | | |

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| 20 | | | |

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| 22 | | | |

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| 24 | | | |

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| 26 | | | |

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| 27 | | | |

| | | | |

| 28 | | | |

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| 29 | 74 | 90 | N.E. |

| | | | |

| 30 | 75 | 90 | N.E. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+

| OCTOBER. |

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|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 76 | 90 | |

| | | | |

| 2 | 75 | 91 | |

| | | | |

| 3 | 80 | 93 | N. |

| | | | |

| 4 | 78 | 93 | |

| | | | |

| 5 | 77 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 6 | 77 | 90 | |

| | | | |

| 7 | 77 | 91 | |

| | | | |

| 8 | 76 | 91 | |

| | | | |

| 9 | 78 | 92 | |

| | | | |

| 10 | 80 | 92 | |

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| 11 | 75 | 90 | N.W. |

| | | | |

| 12 | 74 | 87 | N.N.W. |

| | | | |

| 13 | 74 | 86 | |

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| 14 | 72 | 86 | N.W.N. |

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| 15 | 72½ | 86 | |

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| 16 | 73 | 84 | |

| | | | |

| 17 | 75 | 86 | |

| | | | |

| 18 | 77 | 87 | |

| | | | |

| 19 | 76 | 87 | N. |

| | | | |

| 20 | 80 | 89 | |

| | | | |

| 21 | 76 | 86 | |

| | | | |

| 22 | 75 | 85 | |

| | | | |

| 23 | 75 | 84 | |

| | | | |

| 24 | 74 | 84 | |

| | | | |

| 25 | 76 | 84½ | |

| | | | |

| 26 | 75½ | 86 | |

| | | | |

| 27 | 74 | 84 | |

| | | | |

| 28 | | | |

| | | | |

| 29 | 72 | 81 | |

| | | | |

| 30 | 73 | 81 | |

| | | | |

| 31 | 72 | 81 | |

+------+------+------+---------------+

+------------------------------------+

| NOVEMBER. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

+------+------+------+---------------+

| 1 | 70 | 83 | |

| | | | |

| 2 | 72 | 87 | S. |

| | | | |

| 3 | 71 | 86 | |

| | | | |

| 4 | 72 | 86 | |

| | | | |

| 5 | 73 | 87 | |

| | | | |

| 6 | 69 | 88 | |

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| 7 | 69 | 82 | N.E. |

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| 8 | 70 | 82 | N.N.E. |

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| 9 | 69 | 81 | |

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| 10 | 68 | 80 | |

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| 11 | 68 | 82 | |

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| 12 | 69 | 80 | |

| | | | |

| 13 | 70 | 80 | |

| | | | |

| 14 | 68 | 79 | |

| | | | |

| 15 | 69 | 83 | |

| | | | |

| 16 | 72 | 86 | |

| | | | |

| 17 | 72½ | 84 | |

| | | | |

| 18 | 72 | 83½ | |

| | | | |

| 19 | 70 | 81 | |

| | | | |

| 20 | 71 | 82 | } |

| | | | } |

| 21 | 73 | 82 | } |

| | | | } |

| 22 | 72 | 83 | } |

| | | | } |

| 23 | 72 | 84 | } S. |

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| 24 | 73½ | 86 | } |

| | | | } |

| 25 | 73 | 85 | } |

| | | | } |

| 26 | 72 | 85 | } |

| | | | |

| 27 | 74 | 82 | |

| | | | |

| 28 | 71 | 80 | |

| | | | |

| 29 | 70 | 80 | |

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| 30 | 70 | 79 | |

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+------------------------------------+

| DECEMBER. |

+------+------+------+---------------+

|of the| of | of | Course of the |

| |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| |

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| 1 | | | |

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| 2 | | | |

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| 9 | | | |

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| 10 | | | |

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| 11 | | | |

| | | | |

| 12 | 59 | 71 | } |

| | | | } |

| 13 | 60 | 73 | } |

| | | | } |

| 14 | 62 | 79 | } |

| | | | } |

| 15 | 57 | 76 | } N. |

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| 16 | 57 | 77 | } |

| | | | } |

| 17 | 58 | 79 | } |

| | | | } |

| 18 | 57 | 78 | } |

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| 19 | 60 | 79 | |

| | | | |

| 20 | 60 | 80 | } |

| | | | } |

| 21 | 62 | 80 | } |

| | | | } |

| 22 | 62½ | 81 | } |

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| 23 | 61 | 81 | } S.W. |

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| 24 | 57 | 80 | } |

| | | | } |

| 25 | 58 | 80 | } |

| | | | } |

| 26 | 56 | 74 | } |

| | | | |

| 27 | 60 | 76 | |

| | | | |

| 28 | 56 | 76 | |

| | | | |

| 29 | 57 | 76 | |

| | | | |

| 30 | 58 | 77 | |

| | | | |

| 31 | 57 | 76 | |

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=No. IV.=

_Some Observations on the account of Egypt given in the works of

Savary and Volney._

Vol. i. p. 27. Savary says, Alexandria is only a village, containing

scarcely six thousand inhabitants. The fall of Alexandria from

its antient splendour has already been remarked; and how vague all

computations of number must necessarily be, by persons who reside

there only for a few weeks or months. But Alexandria alone furnished

to the Imperial army and navy, in the war with the Russians, four

thousand men able to bear arms. This, with other circumstances,

might serve to prove that the population must greatly exceed the

number mentioned.

He computes the people of Damiatt at eighty thousand, which appears

no less extravagant on the other side, and is certainly at least

double the real number.

Vol. i. p. 220. Savary’s description of the topography of Memphis

is characterized by an apparent error. He speaks of the small bourg

_Menf_, antiently Memphis, a little to the South of the Pyramids. It

is somewhat singular, that no one writer before him should have found

a spot so remarkably coinciding in name with the antient capital. The

writer of this inquired repeatedly for such a village, but always

without effect; and _Olivier_ and _Brugniere_, in the employ of the

French Republic, who passed several months in Egypt, nearly at the

same epoch, were equally unsuccessful in their researches. So that

it would seem fair to pronounce that no such place exists. The only

town in Egypt which bears even a distant resemblance to the name of

Memphis, is _Menúf_, which is many leagues to the North, and within

the Delta.

P. 275. The story of Murad Bey discovering his father, it is somewhat

surprising should have escaped all the merchants residing in Egypt,

some of them almost half a century, and always eager for anecdotes of

this kind. The inventive talent of the Greek servants is indeed often

put in activity to amuse strangers with such tales, but Savary, who

was so experienced in Egypt, should have had more discrimination than

to blend _des contes de ma mere l’oye_ with historic narration. The

facts are wholly discordant.—The man is a labourer of the environs

of Damascus, Murad Bey a native of Georgia.—To go from Damascus

to Kahira he embarks at Alexandretta, seventeen days journey N.W. of

Damascus, when he might have gone to Beirût, Seidé, Akka, or Yaffa,

each of them four days. This labourer travels with the eccentricity

of a comet; and even the French philosopher is lost in calculating

his course. But Savary was writing on Egypt, and is not obliged to

know the geography of Syria.

P. 288. J’ai tué plusieurs _Ibis_ dans les marais près de _Rossette_.

Ils ont les pattes longues, le corps mince, alternativement blanc et

noir, et le col allongé. Ils vivent de poissons, de grenouilles et de

reptiles.

Had Savary given the Arabic name of this curious bird, that sups on

so many different dishes, the extent of his own error might have been

exactly known, by comparing the bird he means with the figure of the

real _Ibis_. Others are contented with seeing one Ibis, but they have

come in covies to welcome M. Savary, and he compliments them with

a volley of small shot. S. should have known, that birds accustomed

to feed on fish, do not commonly eat reptiles, and _vice versâ_.

Vol. ii. p. 59. The Ruin at Achmunein had before been fully described

by Pococke; Norden passed it in the night, and therefore saw it

not. Bruce has also mentioned it. What is described as gilding,

however, on this and other monuments, I take to be yellow colour,

never having seen any instances of gilding in the antient remains

of Egypt. It might be curious to inquire of what materials these

colours were composed, which have thus defied the ravages of time.

Vol. iii. p. 33. Savary speaks of the military corps of Assabs as

still in being, but some years before his time that body had been

dissolved, and no longer existed.

The Janizaries are still inrolled, to the number of about fourteen

thousand; but the greater part of them are peaceable citizens,

who never handle either sword or musket. From them are appointed

the gate-keepers, a small garrison in the castle, &c. &c.

A body of Janizaries was called out and maintained by Ali Bey, but

since the time of Mohammed Bey Abu-dhahab I have not understood that

they have been on active service. The Yenk-tcheri aga, or commander

in chief of the Janizaries, ranks as a Bey, as do the _Kiahia_ and

_Ichawûsh_. These three are elected in the Divân of the Beys. The

inferior officers are appointed by the _Shech-el-belad_, as are the

officers of the city police.

* * * * *

Volney seems generally to hint that women are despised in Egypt,

and says, they can possess no inheritance in lands.

They are exactly in the same predicament with the other sex as to

inheritance of land, and receive possession by paying a fine to the

government, from which none are exempted. In fact, their situation

is in many respects better than that of men. Public opinion is

in their favour, and their property is generally more respected,

and they are treated more equitably than males. Their complaints,

in case of injustice, sometimes carried even to intemperance, are

heard with more patience.

A large portion of landed property having devolved to a widow at

_Monfalût_ in Said, Solyman Bey, Senjiak of Said, desired to purchase

it at the price the widow might demand. She refused, and he afterwards

married her to gain possession, though she was both old and diseased.

English edit. Vol. I. p. 216. Volney says, that when there are

no ships at Suez, that town has no other inhabitants than the

Mamlûk governor, and a garrison, consisting of twelve or fourteen

persons.—In Suez are twelve or thirteen mosques, which could never

have been designed for a garrison of so few persons. There are also

several coffee-houses. In truth the inhabitants are not numerous,

but there are four or five considerable merchants constantly residing

there, who have their correspondents at Kahira, and in the towns of

Arabia, and conduct the commerce between Egypt and India. There is

consequently a proportionate number of their dependents, and persons

who manage commercial affairs of a less considerable kind. There

are ship-builders, and several other artificers; a large khan or

okal where merchandize is lodged; some Greek Christians constantly

residing there; Mohammedan ecclesiastics, and others; and a number of

fishermen and people more immediately connected with the sea. The

population is restrained by the difficulty of procuring water,

scarcity of provisions, and other inconveniences; but invariably

much exceeding the estimate here given.

P. 263. Volney remarks, that the horizon is every where flat,

even in the Upper Egypt, and refers for a proof of his assertion to

Norden’s Plates, which demonstrate precisely the reverse. The fact

is true indeed as to Lower Egypt, but from Kahira upward to Assûan

there is only a very small space where the view is not terminated

by the mountains, of various aspects, on each side.

=No. V.=

_Some remarks on the account of Egypt, contained in the recent

correspondence of the French officers who accompanied Buonaparte

to that country. The work referred to is intitled_, PARIS, PENDANT

L’ANNEE 1798. _Par_ PELTIER. _Vols._ xix. _and_ xx.

Vol. 19, page 455. The distance from Cairo to the cataract is about

360 Geog. miles. The Nile is never an impetuous torrent, nor does it

ever overflow its banks in the whole course from Assûan to Kahira,

but is admitted at proper times into the transverse channels prepared

for it.

P. 457. The Arabs, it is evident, would not build walls of much

greater extent than the habitations they proposed to defend. A

very small part of these being now filled, shews that the decay the

city has undergone since the Turks became possessed of it, has even

been greater than what it sustained from the time of Severus to the

Saracenic conquests.

P. 459. Old Kahira is not Fostat, but Misr el attîké, further South.

_Lettre de Boyer._

P. 475. I doubt whether any one of the towers about Alexandria would

contain 700 men.

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