TRAVELS IN TURKEY, EGYPT, NUBIA, AND PALESTINE, IN 1824, 1825, 1826, AND 1827. BY R. R. MADDEN, ESQ. M. R. C. S. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. 1829. JOURNEY from Cairo to Thebes-Sites of ancient Towns -Innoxious Serpents-Canal of Benesouef-Sepul- The Crocodile-The Chameleon-The Lizard-Hyenas -Rats-The Jackall-The Wild Cat-Egyptian Vul- Arab Shepherds-Court of Justice-The Sheik el belled— Abden Casheff Sir Hudson Lowe-Attempted Assas- sination Injustice of a Casheff-An English Travel- ler-Case of Consumption-Monk of Negade-Mis- sionaries Character of one-Excessive Heat-Arab Hospitality-Arab Hut-Importunities-Accident- |