Excerpt from A Description of the East, and Some Other Countries, Vol. 1: Observations on Egypt
The theatre. Sheiks burial places. Gardens. The old burial place of the Kings. The Jews burial-place. The inner palaces. Mufeum. Chriftian burial - place. Road to Nicopolis. The French houfe. The Englifh houfe. The quay and cuftom-houf'e. The old gate. The bagnio gate. The bagnio. V. The Latin convent. Serapium. Pompey's pillars. Catacombs. Mofq'ue of a Sheik. Weft gate. The calile. Gate of the pillar. Gate of Rofetto, Wells down to canals. Lake Mareotis. Canal of Canopus. The enclofed port of the Kings. The place where the canal enters under the walls.
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