CHAPTER IX.

THEBES TO ASSUAN.

A Storm on the Nile--Erment--A Gentlemanly Bey--Esneh--A Buried Temple--A Long Day’s Sketching--Salame the Chivalrous--Remarkable Coin--Antichi--The Fellâh--The Pylons of Edfu--An Exciting Race--The Philæ Wins by a Length 140