travels

HOLY LAND, AND CYPRUS. 101MONOUTHIC BLOCK fe TEMTLE AT HERMONTISCHAPTER VI.Return from Philse to Assuan—Nature of the cataracts—Descent of the Nile-General observations on the nature of the antiquities of Eg3rpt—Egyptianwolf—Large lizard—Ancient reservoir at the temple of Diospolis at Thebes-.-Mummy caverns and mummies at Goomoo—Picturesque situation of templeat 'Dendyra—Devotion excited by it to the sepoys of Sir David Baird'sarmy—^Visit to Sacarrah—Arrival at Cairo—Ceremony of cutting the dyke.ON the 2d of June I left Philae, on foot, and walked roundby the cataracts to AsSuan, having sent my servant andbaggage the usual road across the desert.In this excursionI saw the whole breadth of the ground occupied by theΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ