with an account, ancient and modern, of the Oasis of Amun and the other oases now under the dominion of the pasha of Egypt; with a map and twenty plates illustrating the temples, scenery, etc.
122 CHAP. VIII. NECROPOLIS OF THE OASIS. CHRISTIAN CHURCHES. PRACTICE OF EMBALMING CONTINUED BY THE CHRISTIANS. GREEK NAMES IN A CAVERN OF THE MOUNTAINS. EGYPTIAN TOMB. ROMAN TOMB. SMALL TEMPLES. DEPARTURE FROM EL KHARGEH. VILLAGE OF GENAH. ATTACK OF OPHTHALMIA. SUCCESSFUL REMEDY. VILLAGE OF BOULAK. Having described the principal temple of el Khargeh, I must now give an account of the objects of interest in its immediate vicinity. NECROPOLIS OF THE OASIS. We perceived on a hill, a mile and a quarter due north from the temple, what appeared to us at a distance to be a dwelling-place of the living: but recollecting the descriptions of the travellers who visited this region before us, we were aware, that it must be the necropolis mentioned in their works. The distant view of this city of the dead