We Now Turned From Nabk Upwards To The Convent, And In Half An Hour
Entered The Chain Of Mountains Along A Broad Valley Called Wady Nabk, In
Which We Ascended Slightly, And Rested At Two Hours And A Quarter From
Nabk Under A Large Acacia Tree.
In the vicinity were three tents of
Aleygat Arabs, the women of which approached the place where we had
Alighted, and told us that two men and a child were there ill of the
plague, which they had caught from a relative of theirs, who had lately
come from Egypt with the disease upon him, and who had died. At that
time they were
WADY RAHAB
[p.533] in a large encampment, but as soon as the infection shewed
itself, their companions compelled them to quit the camp, and they had
come to this place to await the termination of the disorder. My guides
were as much afraid of the infection as I was, and made the women remain
at a proper distance; they asked me for some rice, and sugar, which
latter article they believe to be a sovereign remedy against diseases. I
was glad to be able to gratify them, and I advised them to give the
patients whey which is almost the only cooling draught the Arabs know;
they conceive that almost all illnesses proceed from cold, and therefore
usually attempt to cure them by heat, keeping the patient thickly
covered with clothes, and feeding him upon the most nourishing food they
can afford.
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