Travels Through Syria And Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, And 1785 ...
Travels Through Syria And Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, And 1785 ...
Volney Constantin-François
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Yet, with fuch fcanty provifion, this Defert fub- ;£ifts three tribes of Bedouins, confiiting of sabout five or fix thoufand Arabs, difpcrfed in ^various parts. They are called by the general I lame of Tawaray ot Arabs of Tor, the bcft Unown and moft frequented place in the <:ountry. It is fituated on the eaftern fide of the branch of Sue2, in a fandy and lowr {ground, as is all this coaft. Its whole merit C onfifls in a pretty good road for fhipping, at id water which may be drank; the Arabs ali'b bring fome thither from Sinai, v^ hich is really good. The (hips of Suez lay in their prcrvifions here when they fail to Djedda» There is nothing further to notice except that we find here a few palm-trees, the ruins of a wretched fort without a garrifon, a fmall Greek convent, and fbme huts of poor Arabs, who live on fiih» and ferve as Tailors for wages. There are alfo, to the foutfaward, two fmall villages of Greeks, w|io are equally poor and miferable. As for the fubfiftencc of the three tribes, it is derived from their goats, camels, fome acacia gums fold in Egypt* 350 TRAVELS IN Egypt, and their robberies on the roads of Suez, Gaza, and Mecca.
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