enthusiasm for science, this was the plan I then proposed to myself. Obftacles occurred, which prevented its execution, and gave me much chagrin : but the laws of neceffity must be obeyed. Lhave fince abandoned my project, and, now, confefs I want courage to undertake it, becaufe, from experience, I know the dangers that must be encountered; and, because, after five years abode in my 'native country; to the climate of which I am once more accustomed, my health might not, a fecond time, perhaps, fupport the devouring heats of Africa and Arabia. Yet let me hope fome European, thirsting for fame, and more rich, or more favoured, than I am, will gain immortality by collecting the information and manuscripts I have described; and, particularly, by acquiring for more enlightened nations the unknown hiftory of the people of Yemen, Mecca, Medina, and the interior parts of Arabia..
Such is the information which five years travels over the Eaft, and the study of the antients, have procured me. You, Sir, who, from that charming retreat which your labours and knowledge have enriched with the
rarest plants the world contains, and a multitude of scarce books, have fupplied me with the neceffary leifure to collect, and arrange, these letters, published under the auspices of an august prince, who honours you with his esteem; may you find pleasure in reading them, and accept them as a teftimony of gratitude.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your very respectful,
ABD Hellaoui, an excel-
lent kind of melon, I. 391 Abou Dahab, treachery of to Ali Bey, II. 156, death of,
II. 175 Abou Ennour, I. 443 Abou Girga, I. 444. Aboukir, II. 436, Vide Ca- nopus Aboufir, I. 448 Aboutig, I. 460 Aboutis, I. 460 Abydus, II. 5. Ruins of a temple at, defcribed, ibid Acanthos, I. 398 Achmim, I. 463. Ruins of a temple near, ibid Achmoun, I. 297. Canal of, placed wrong in the map before the Louvre edition of Joinville, I. 346 Achmounain, I. 450. Superb portico near, ibid Aden, flourishing ftate of in the 13th century, II. 21 Adonis, fable of, copied from
that of Ofiris, II. 424 Agriculture of Egypt, re- marks son, II. 198 Ain Shams (fountain of the Sun) I. 126 Albuquerque, infamous pro- ject of, II. 292 Alexander, expedition of to the temple of Jupiter Am- mon, Il. 85 Alexandria (antient) defcrib- ed, I. 23. Populoufness in the time of Auguftus
Alexandria (modern) de, fcription of, I. 32. Poetical defcription of, from Abul- feda, I. 35
Ali Bey, birth of, II. 129,
carried off and fold at Grand Cairo, ibid. rà- pid promotion of, 130. conducts the caravan, and defeats the Arabs, II. 134. elected Bey, ibid. His pa- tron affaffinated, II. 135, arrives at the dignity of Sheik El Balad, ibid. Re- venges his patron's death, ibid. League formed a- gainst him, ibid. Takes refuge with Sheik Daher, II. 136. Returns to Grand Cairo, II. 137. Sacrifices his rivals, II. 139. Mar- ries a Ruffian flave, II. 141. Sends for his father, II. 142. Excites the Beys to rebel against the Ottoman Porte, II. 146. Betrayed by his fon-in- law, Abou Dahab, II. 156. Forced again to fly into Syria, II, 158. Defeated by the perfidy of his in- fantry, II. 171. Death of, II. 172. Character of, ib. Almai (Egyptian Improvifa-
tore) account of the I. 154 Amenophis, the Egyptian name of the ftatue of Mem- non, II. 464. Derivation. of, II. 472 Ammon (Jupiter) temple of, where fituated, II. 85. Expedition of Alexander from
Apollo, ruins of the temple of, at Hermunthis, II. 63. Aqueducts, Egypt, II. 199 Arabs of Egypt, character of, II. 229, from Diodorus, II. 239 Armant, II. 62 Arfinoe, I. 403 Artois Comte de, killed at Manfoura, I. 353 Asfoun, II. 65
Affouan (Syene) II. 72. Sol- ftitial wells of, II. 73. Ru- ins there, II. 76 Atar Ennabi, a ftone pre- tended to be marked by the foot of Mahomet, vifited by a lady, I. 386 Atfih, I. 402. Athar Beki, II. 309 Athor, an antient Egyptian deity, II. 300. Significa tion of, 303 Atrib, the ancient Atribis,
I. 281. Attarif, II. II
Babai, J. 443 Babain, I. 448.
monument near, ibid Baharites, etymology of the name, I. 351, account of, ibid.
Bahr, fignification of that word, I. 13
Bahr, bela ma, I. 13, 397 Bahr, Youfeph, I. 404, 417 Baim of Gilead, loft in
Egypt, I. 127 Bamier, defcribed, I. 75 Baram, a kind of tone, II.68 Bardis, II. 10 Barfim, hay, I. 60 Baths (Ho) in Egypt de- fcribed, I. 128 Batnel
Bells, averfion of the Turks Bufiris, cruelty of, fabulous,
Benifouef, I. 433
Berangiah, I. 443 Berenice, II. 19 Berimbal, 1.69
Befa, oracle of the God, I. 458
Beys of Egypt murdered by orders from the Di- van at Conftantinople, II. 132. Ceremonies of the creation of, II. 184 Bha Beit, ruins of, 1. 292. Biban el melouk, Grottos of II. 48
Birds (well of) I. 393
(Mount of) I. 443 Birque, meaning of that word, I. 99 Birque, of the pilgrims of Mecca, I. 99 Birquet Caroun, I. 406. The remains of the Lake Ma. ris, I. 411
Blind perfons, numerous in Egypt, II. 214. The caufe affigned, II. 215
Bogaz, what, I. 53
I. 288. Agility of the in- habitants of, I. 200
Butis, I. 291. Temple of Latona there, ibid. The fanctuary cut from one pro- digious ftone, I. 292, II. 76, II. 375. Error of Po- cocke concerning this fanc- tuary, II. 76
Butis, an Egyptian deity, fymbolical of the full moon, II. 374. The Latona of the Greeks, ibid.
Cachef, office of II. 116. Cairo (Grand) founded by Jauhar, General of Moaz, I. 81. Etymology of the name, I. 82. Defcrip- tion of, from Abulfeda, I. 83. Prefent ftate of, I. 87, 101. Caftle of, I. 104. Mint of, I. 106. Cairo (Old) Vide Foftat. Cambyfes, army of, destroyed in the Defert, II. 93 Canal of Amrou, II, 202
Bolbitinum (ancient) where Canal of Nechos, II. 201
Boufir, I, 200.287 Bourlos, Lake of, I. 288, 291
Brancion (Jocerant de) killed in the expedition of Lewis IX. I. $64
Canals, number of in Egypt, II. 198 Canjai, what, I. 273 Canobus (the city) I. 44.62.
Temple of Serapis there, 1. 45, 46. Pretended mi- racles and licentious wor- fhip of that God, ibid. Canobus, an Egyptian deity, fuppofed
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