Travels in Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria, and across the desert into Egypt ...

CONTENTS. 15
Baird. Lake of Aboukir. Arrival at Alexandria. Pompey's pillar. Cleopatra's
needle. Part of the eclossus of Merrmon. Return to Cairo. 246
CHAP. XV.
Description of Grand Cairo; the citadel ; conjectures relative to its antiquity 5 fortifications
raised by the French ; the mint ; remarkable debasement of the coin ;
streets of Cairo ; construction of the houses ; interior and furniture of the
houses; palaces of the Beys ; mosques ; dimensions of the city ; bazars, or shops.
Improvisatori. Population of Cairo. Joseph's
well. Palace of the Caliph
Salah-Ed-Din. Inhabitants of Cairo. Coptic language ; dress; manufactures;
•word-blades ; horses. Commerce of Egypt. Amusements of Cairo. Dancing
girls; jugglers ; tumblers anJ posture-masters. Old Cairo. Boulac ; grand
aqueduct ; b-asts of burthen ; the buffaloe, oxen, goats, fowls, &c. Fruits of
Egypt; vegetables; corn. 26*
CHAP. XVI.
Arrest of the Mameluke Beys. Procession accompanying the sacred carpet for
covering the house of God at Mecca. Several Beys killed at Alexandria by the
persons sent to arrest them. Anecdotes relative to the plague. Contest between
the Albanians and Mograbian Arabs. Experiment with the freezing mixture.
Subsiding of the Nile. Excursion to Heliopolis and the lake of pilgrims. Excursion
to Upper Egypt ; to Hallouan. Present to the Author of a Mummy.
Tourrah ; the castle. Rout at the Imperial Consul's. Procession from Boulac.
Caravan to Mecca. Plague at Alexandria. Vizier prepares to quit Egypt.
Mamelukes privately depart from Giza. Mission ordered to Alexandria; Audience
of leave. Gold medals presentsd to the officers. 271
CHAP. XVII.
Plague breaks out in the buildings occupied by the British Miffion. Departure of
the
Janissaries. Departure of the Vizier. Excursion of the Nile.
ancient of
city Memphis. Remains of the Mekias. Departure
Observations on the rise and fall of the Nile.
Site of the
from Cairo.
282
CHAP. xvm.
Voyage on the Nile from Cairo to Rosetta. Canal of Menouf. Cruel instance
of devastation by the Turks. Dangers attending the passage down the Nile.
Dahroot. Cemetery. Death of the Sheick. Wretched state of the inhabitants.
Arrival at Roserta. Plague among the English troops at Rosetta. Some account
of the fort and harbour. Fort
Julien. Hunting of the ostrich. Buildings at
Rosetta. Population; bazars; wharf, Animals indigenous to this part of
Egypt. Fish; manufactures; gardens; morasses; diseases. Plague rages at
Rosetta. The Mission embark for Alexandria ; land on the peninsula leading to
a court-martial for
Alexandria, where they perform quarantine. Sepoy tried by
suffering Arabs to escape from quarantine. Cases of plague in the lazaretto.
Miffion released from quarantine. Festivities in commemoration of victories.
Temple of Diana. Catacombs and baths of Cleopatra. a$i
CHAP. XIX.
Departure for Constantinople. Stormy weather. Obliged to take refuge in the
island of Castel Rosso. Ancient Cistene. Some ace junt of Castel Rosso. Island
of Rhodes; description of the town and island; ancient habitation of the knights;
colossus of Rhodes; ancient Rhodes; state and cultivation of the island; the
arsenal; villages; dress; vegetable productions. Departure from Rhodes.
Stancho ; town and island of Stancho ; population; aqueduct; fountain; game.
Coast of Andolia. Island of Samos. Seala-Nova. Arrival at Scio. 3°*
CHAP. XX.
Appearance and dress of the Greek women of the island of Scio. Light-houses;
Greek convent at Nehahmoneej curious decorations ; soil and cultivation of the