travels

lOOTRAVELS IN EGYPT, NUBIA,subject; because it seemed to me, that the higher I advancedup the Nile, the signs of the ancient progress of Christianitysouthward on its banks, became apparent in-the Greek inscriptionsand other remains of antiquity, of which I hadobserved nothing below Philae.I remarked that no buffalo, though very common northof Assuan, was to be seen between Philae and Ibrim. Cro^codiles were common hSre, but no hippopotamus appeared;but the natives spoke of it as seen during the time of inundationin the shellaals, particularly at Galabshee, calling itFarsh el bahr (the sea-horse). My voyage was made whenthe.Nile was nearly at its lowest state, which circumstancemust be attended to in the consideration of my descriptions.ΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ