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Travels in Ethiopia, above the second cataract of the Nile

Chapter 30: Transcriber's note:
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This work records an 1833 journey into the upper Nile region beyond the second cataract, combining a travel journal with careful architectural drawings and engravings of temples, pyramids, and monuments associated with the ancient kingdom of Meroe. It describes caravan routes, desert hazards, wells, and encounters with diverse tribes living under the rule of Mohammed Ali, and offers ethnographic notes on customs and daily life. Detailed observations of sculpture, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and site plans are used to reconstruct local history, commerce, and artistic practices in concluding chapters.

Transcriber's note:

  • Changes in the ERRATA have been made, with some differences:
  • "Ababdis" to: "Ababdes" — Also changed in: pg 15.
  • "Melik" to: "Melek" — Not found in any of the pages listed, but changed instead in: Pl. 2, Pl. 3, pg 51 (x2), pg 52 (plur.), pg 58 (plur.).
  • "Psammeticus" to: "Psammitichus" — Also changed in: pg 75, pg 213.
  • pg xi Changed: Calliaud to: Cailliaud
  • pg 9 Changed: Philœ to: Philæ
  • pg 23 Changed: to the  ast of it to: east
  • pg 75 Changed: equal to the the best to: to the best
  • pg 146 footnote 26 Changed: See Plates LII. and LIII. to: LIII. and LIV.
  • pg 185 Changed: I conceived he  ight be to: might
  • pg 189 Changed: of these reamls to: realms
  • pg 193 Changed: The two views (Plates XXXVII. and XXXVIII.) to: Plates XXXVI. and XXXVII.
  • pg 204 Changed: April 13. to: April 17.
  • pg 210 footnote 44 Changed: et novs indiqua to: nous
  • pg 240 Changed: Plate LI. is a drawing of the Osshi to: Plate LII.
  • pg 270 Changed: sculpture (see Plate XLI.) to: Plate LI.
  • pg 286 footnote 50 Changed: very much defaced. to: very much defaced,
  • pg 298 Changed: ⲦⲙⲁⲩϢⲛⲓⲡⲟϥⲣⲉ to: ⲦⲙⲁⲩϢⲛⲓⲛⲟϥⲣⲉ
  • pg 310 Changed: Nazr è Deen to: Nazr e’ Deen
  • pg 311 footnote 72 Changed: Philœ to: Philæ
  • pg 315 (x2) Changed: Philœ to: Philæ
  • pg 316 Changed: Philœ to: Philæ
  • pg 316 footnote 76 Changed: Liv. to: Lib.
  • pg 326 Changed: road to Abon Hashim to: Abou
  • pg 327 Added: ” after: elephants’ teeth.
  • pg 360 Changed: but Calliaud is to: Cailliaud
  • pg 363 Changed: see Calliaud to: Cailliaud
  • Other spelling and formatting inconsistencies have been left unchanged.
  • New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.