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.
185 CHAP. XI. OASIS OF AMUN. INTERESTING ON ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITIONS OF ALEXANDER AND CAMBYSES. MR. BROWNE, THE MODERN DISCOVERER OF THIS OASIS. HIS JOUR NEY. M. CAILLIAUD AND M. LATORZEC. THEIR JOURNEY FROM THE FAIOOM. EL GARAH. SU PERSTITION OF THE INHABITANTS. MR. BROWNe’s RECEPTION AT SIWAH.—SITUATION AND EXTENT OF THE OASIS. VILLAGES. CULTIVATED GROUND. LAKES OF SALT WATER. SULPHUR MINE. SOURCES. PRODUCTIONS.—ANIMALS.—SINGULAR APPEARANCE OF THE METROPOLIS. — WALLS. POPULATION. GOVERNMENT. INTESTINE WARS. CHARACTER OF THE INHABITANTS. RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES. HOSPITALITY. COMPLEXION. DIALECT. DRESS. COMMERCE. DATE MARKET. The visit of Alexander, the unsuccessful ex pedition of Cambyses, and the great celebrity of the oracle of Amun have rendered Siwah a much more interesting place to the literary world than