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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

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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,

Humble fervant,

SAVARY,

INDE X.

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A.

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

33:

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
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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

B.

Babai, J. 443
Babain, I. 448.

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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

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Bells, averfion of the Turks Bufiris, cruelty of, fabulous,

to, I. 103

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.

C.

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

fitdated, I. 62

Bouch, 1.433

Boulac, I. 110

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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