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Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798Browne, William George

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Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798

Name: Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798
Author: Browne, William George

Browne, William George

Egypt -- Description and travel; Sudan -- Description and travel; Syria -- Description and travel

From Harraza to Abu-hadîd                           }        {   1
                                                        }        {
    From Abu-hadîd to Zerawy                            }  S.W.  {   0½
                                                        }        {
    From Zerawy to Esherchar                            }        {   1

  Esherchar is famous for its salt, which is gathered by
  the Arabs, transported to other places and sold. The
  people of this last place are Arabs, but those of
  Zerawy, Harraza, and Abu-hadîd, neither Arabs nor
  Mohammedans.

    From Esherchar to Bisherié                              S.       1

      _Road desert._

  Bisherié is full of palm-trees.

    From Bisherié to Bahra                              }        {   1
                                                        } S.S.W. {
    From Bahra to Ibeit                                 }        {   1½


 _Route from Ibeit to Sheibôn, where are gold mines, and other places,
                         returning to Ibeit._

    From Ibeit to Bahra                                     E.       1½

    From Bahra to Khûkjé                                   S.E.      4¼

    From Khûkjé to Abu-jenûch                               S.       1

    From Abu-jenûch to Seijé                                E.       0½

    From Seije to Tummara                                  S.E.      2

  Between the two last places is a rocky road, with
  intervals of deep sand and clay.

    From Tummara to Demîk                                 S. ¼E.     1

  The people from Abu-jenûch hither are idolaters, and
  destitute of clothing. The soil at and near Demîk is
  clay.

    From Demîk to Khéga                                   S. ¼E.     1

    From Khéga to Dibû                                    S.S.E.     0½

      _Mountainous and rocky._

    From Dibû to Sheibôn                                  S.S.E.     1¼

      _Clayey soil._

  Near this place, in a deep glen or valley, much gold
  is found, both dust and in small pieces. The natives
  collect the dust in quills of the ostrich and vulture,
  and in that condition sell it to the merchants. They
  have a ceremony on discovering a large piece of gold,
  of killing a sheep on it before they remove it. The
  people are all black, as are those above mentioned
  from Abu-jenûch hither. They have some form of
  marriage, i.e. of an agreement between man and woman
  to co-habit. Women of full age wear a piece of platted
  grass on their parts. The younger and unmarried are
  quite naked. The slaves, which are brought in great
  numbers from this quarter, are some prisoners of war
  among themselves, (for their wars are frequent,) and
  some seduced by treachery and sold. But it is said to
  be a common practice for the father in time of
  scarcity to sell his children.

  At Sheibôn are some Mohammedans, who live among the
  idolaters and wear clothing: it is not said whether
  Arabs or not.

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Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798Browne, William George

History

Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798

Browne, William George

Egypt -- Description and travel; Sudan -- Description and travel; Syria -- Description and travel

From Harraza to Abu-hadîd                           }        {   1
                                                        }        {
    From Abu-hadîd to Zerawy                            }  S.W.  {   0½
                                                        }        {
    From Zerawy to Esherchar                            }        {   1

  Esherchar is famous for its salt, which is gathered by
  the Arabs, transported to other places and sold. The
  people of this last place are Arabs, but those of
  Zerawy, Harraza, and Abu-hadîd, neither Arabs nor
  Mohammedans.

    From Esherchar to Bisherié                              S.       1

      _Road desert._

  Bisherié is full of palm-trees.

    From Bisherié to Bahra                              }        {   1
                                                        } S.S.W. {
    From Bahra to Ibeit                                 }        {   1½


 _Route from Ibeit to Sheibôn, where are gold mines, and other places,
                         returning to Ibeit._

    From Ibeit to Bahra                                     E.       1½

    From Bahra to Khûkjé                                   S.E.      4¼

    From Khûkjé to Abu-jenûch                               S.       1

    From Abu-jenûch to Seijé                                E.       0½

    From Seije to Tummara                                  S.E.      2

  Between the two last places is a rocky road, with
  intervals of deep sand and clay.

    From Tummara to Demîk                                 S. ¼E.     1

  The people from Abu-jenûch hither are idolaters, and
  destitute of clothing. The soil at and near Demîk is
  clay.

    From Demîk to Khéga                                   S. ¼E.     1

    From Khéga to Dibû                                    S.S.E.     0½

      _Mountainous and rocky._

    From Dibû to Sheibôn                                  S.S.E.     1¼

      _Clayey soil._

  Near this place, in a deep glen or valley, much gold
  is found, both dust and in small pieces. The natives
  collect the dust in quills of the ostrich and vulture,
  and in that condition sell it to the merchants. They
  have a ceremony on discovering a large piece of gold,
  of killing a sheep on it before they remove it. The
  people are all black, as are those above mentioned
  from Abu-jenûch hither. They have some form of
  marriage, i.e. of an agreement between man and woman
  to co-habit. Women of full age wear a piece of platted
  grass on their parts. The younger and unmarried are
  quite naked. The slaves, which are brought in great
  numbers from this quarter, are some prisoners of war
  among themselves, (for their wars are frequent,) and
  some seduced by treachery and sold. But it is said to
  be a common practice for the father in time of
  scarcity to sell his children.

  At Sheibôn are some Mohammedans, who live among the
  idolaters and wear clothing: it is not said whether
  Arabs or not.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798

Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798

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