Born at Kendal—Educated at Oxford—Appointed chaplain of 19
Algiers—Arrives in Africa—Environs of Algiers—Departs
for Egypt—Alexandria—Cairo—Site of Memphis—Origin and
destination of the Pyramids—Animals of Egypt—Dancing
Serpents—Cannibals—Visit to Mount Sinai—Hospitality
of the Arabs—Route of the Israelites—Is plundered by
the Arabs—Curiosities of the desert—Waters of
Marah—Returns to Egypt—Descends the Nile—Sails for
Syria—Is taken prisoner and ransomed—Extraordinary
ignis fatuus—Prodigious flights of
storks—Waterspouts—Returns to Algiers—Arabs of
Africa—Marries—Earthquakes—Visits the kingdom of
Tunis—Ruins of Carthage—Lake of Tunis—City of
Tunis—Roman ruins—Virgil’s Nympharum Domus—The Lesser
Syrtis—Lake of Marks—Yellow-haired Kabyli—Natural
history of Barbary—Locust clouds—Music—Eating of
lions—Complexion of the Moors—Superstition—Returns to
England—Dies
_FREDERIC HASSELQUIST_.
Born 1722.—Died 1752.
Born in Eastern Gothland—Studies at Upsal—Acquires the 52
friendship of Linnæus—Conceives the design of
travelling in the East—Mode of raising travelling
funds—Studies the oriental languages—Embarks at
Stockholm—Arrives in the Grecian Archipelago—Harbour
of Milo—Strange costume of the women—Island of
Scio—State of medical science in the East—Smyrna—The
Frank carnival—Dances—Beginning of Spring—Beautiful
flowers and plants—Turkish cemetery—Excursion to
Magnesia—Impregnation of figs—Sails for Egypt—Gardens
of Alexandria—Asses of Egypt—Rosetta—Women hatching
eggs—Politeness of the Turks—Circumcision
feast—Voluptuousness—Serpent-charmers—The
Pyramids—Vegetation of the desert—The lion
ant—Impregnation of palm-trees—Soils of
Palestine—Jerusalem—The Dead Sea—Apples of Sodom—The
dudaim, or mandrakes—Silkworm—Cyprus—Dies at Smyrna
_LADY WORTLEY MONTAGUE_.
Born 1690.—Died 1762.
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