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

200 LIVRE DES VOYAGEURS.
facilitate the ascent, and on that side every por-
tion of flat surface it possesses is literally covered
with the names of travellers who have penetrated
thus far into Nubia—some of them celebrated
ones in the annals of Egyptian travel and re-
search, such as Belzoni and Wilkinson — the
greater part English ; but among them I found only
two females who had preceded me there, both of
them my countrywomen. ]My own name was of
course added to this primitive Livre des Voyageurs,
and, that duty performed, we took our last look
of the wild cataract, and descended to the spot
where we had left our donkeys.
On returning to Wadi Haifa, we found that
during our absence the Dahabieh had undergone
a complete metamorphosis, the main-mast having
been struck and laid on the roof of the cabins,
the deck planks taken up to make room for the
rowers (for we are to be rowed do\^Ti the
stream), the kitchen removed, &c. &c. All this
is preparatory to our descending the river, where
sails would be worse than useless to us, and where
we must depend upon the current and the oars
of our men to make head against the northerly
winds. To-morrow we commence our return to
the Land of Egypt, but as we have all the tem-
ples of Lower Nubia to visit in our progress