Transcriber's note:

The changes indicated in the [Errata] have been done.
pg [xiii] Changed: nothing could persaude to: persuade
pg [xiv] Changed: equally divided be- to: between
pg [xxxix] Changed: obliged to the Committtee to: Committee
pg [xliv] Changed: large ampitheatre to: amphitheatre
pg [liii] Changed: should have have been reaped to: should have been
pg [lxiv] Changed: fro Upper Egypt to: from
pg [lxviii] Changed: almost four thonsand to: thousand
pg [lxxv] Changed: to work np his to: work up
pg [lxxix] Changed: in the twelth century to: twelfth
pg [lxxxii] Changed: and especiclly near to: especially
pg [lxxxv] Changed: Israelites by Pharoah to: Pharaoh
pg [6] Changed: a vesel laden with to: vessel
pg [28] Changed: ther battle to: another
pg [38] Changed: of coarse excution to: execution
pg [61] Changed: the slighest idea to: slightest
pg [95] Changed: his contant reply to: constant
pg [133] Changed: their desendants may to: descendants
pg [133] Changed: took possesssion of to: possession
pg [135] (footnote [64]) Changed: the eastern moutains to: mountains
pg [138] Changed: people of Ibim to: Ibrim
pg [139] Changed: who exorts from him to: extorts
pg [142] Changed: with and curved edges to: and with
*pg [154] Changed: Chick tea to: Chick pea
*pg [156] Changed: Rosany to: Rosary
pg [185] Changed: I was suprised to: surprised
pg [208] Changed: of Upper Eygpt send to: Egypt
pg [209], reference to footnote [9] has been placed after: Edris el Temsah,
pg [230] Changed: instances of opthalmia to: ophthalmia
pg [282] Changed: the moutains of Dender to: mountains
pg [291] Changed: boiled chich-pease to: chick-peas
pg [295] Changed: fever and dysentry to: dysentery
pg [327] Changed: Ras Raghig (رفيق) to: رقيق
pg [342] Changed: and fo drilling to: and of drilling
pg [401] Changed: name ofte occurred to: often
pg [424] Changed: grow n the plain to: grow in the
pg [432] Changed: are some wharehouses to: warehouses
pg [445] Changed: Abbyssinian slaves to: Abyssinian
pg [445] Changed: a handful of Dhoura to: Dhourra
pg [446] (footnote [72]) Changed: method of smimming to: swimming
pg [454] Changed: fradulent transactions to: fraudulent
pg [471] Changed: between Kossier and Souakin to: Kosseir
pg [479] Changed: Bahr el Feydh (بح الفيض) to: بحر
*pg [480] Changed: Oulad Ahmad (اولاد احعد) to: احمد
pg [489] Changed: called i the river to: called it
pg [490] Changed: were of opinon to: opinion
pg [509] Changed: you will be victorous to: victorious
pg [523] Changed: find this written likewsie to: likewise
pg [524] Changed: cellars, caverns, gottos to: grottos
pg [538] Changed: no greater heighth to: height
pg [542] Changed: had which been collected to: which had been
All changes listed above can also be found in the Second Edition of this book (1822), except those marked with an asterisk.
The placement of diacritics in arabic words has been adjusted in several instances to better match the transliteration offered by the author.
The punctuation in the commentary of the first [Map of the Course of the Nile] was barely visible and has been placed as seen fit.
Minor punctuation and capitalization changes have been done silently.
Isolated page-number typos have been corrected; the jump in page-number from p. 242 to 253 has been left unchanged.
Other spelling inconsistencies have been left unchanged.
New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.