A pilgrimage to the temples and tombs of Egypt, Nubia, and ...

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CHAPTER VIT.
KENNEH.—ARAB FILIAL AFFECTION.— A VISIT. A RIDE.—NILE
BIRDS. — THE GHAWAZEE. — EGYPTIAN SCENERY. LUXOR.
BRIGHT IDEAS. TEMPLE OP LUXOR. EGYPTIAN ARCHITEC-
TURE. AN ANTIQUARY. ARRIVAL AT ESNEH. TEMPLE OF
ESNEH.—DISENCHANTMENT. A SHOAL OF CROCODILES.
Off Thebes, Nov. 20, 1845.
I CLOSED my last letter in double quick time
that I might insure its reaching the region of
post-offices by a safe hand ; and now I resume
my pen to tell you that, during the night of
the 15th, we reached Kenneh, or, more cor-
rectly speaking, that part of the Nile nearest
to it, for the town lies about a mile and a
half inland. It is the residence of an English
consular agent, an old Arab named Said Hus-
sein, a Shereef, or descendant of the Prophet,
who is Sheikh of the place, said to be very
rich, and altogether a very important personage.
As we were in hopes of finding letters for-
warded to his care for us from Cairo, one of
our party went on shore early on the morn-
ing of the 16th, to call upon him, accompanied
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