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Excerpt from Letters on Egypt, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing, a Parallel Between the Manners of Its Ancient and Modern Inhabitants, Its Commerce, Agriculture, Government and Religion Saudi defiriéed, on {be ea]? Of fw/n'cb are two ancient mono/ierier, furrounded éy tbe ruin: cubic!) denote tbe fiite of Crocodzl'opolir. 064 fir'vatione on M encbia, and tbe ancie' Ptolemaz} of H ermer, tbe ruin: of wbicb are not far xii/font witb tbe [late of tbc neigé bearing country. Remarks on Girga, capital of Upper Egypt, and on Abydzu, wbicb fiend: to toe tee/i. Tim famous ten: ple of Q/irir, into wbicb finger: and mqfi' cions were forbidden to enter, is at tbi: place Remarks on Farcbont, and it: de ligbgful orcbardf. Tbe ruin: of Tentyra, near Dendera, and tbe bah-cd of it: on cient inbaoitant: to crocodiles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.