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18 TRAVELS IN EGYPT, NUEIA,
mentioned. I crossed to it, and found a fruitful tract of
land covered with corn, still green, of about a mile and a half
in length: a few peasants had their hovels amongst some
palm-trees. It had been employed as a lazaretto before the
last plague, and kept it off for some time; but a detachment
of Turks, who had been landed there to perform quarantine,
grew impatient of their restraint, broke from it, and commu-
nicated the plague which had so lately ravaged the population
of Rosetta.
The Pasha had large magazines of corn and rice there,
and seemed to be the chief promoter of the commerce of the
place, though all the consuls had agents : that for France
was a Frenchman, the others were Levantines or Italians.
The only English merchant who had lately arrived, was so
little pleased with his speculations and with the difficulties
he encountered, that I believe he soon after abandoned the
place. It was against the interest of the Pasha's agents to
allow any person to establish himself in a considerable way.
mentioned. I crossed to it, and found a fruitful tract of
land covered with corn, still green, of about a mile and a half
in length: a few peasants had their hovels amongst some
palm-trees. It had been employed as a lazaretto before the
last plague, and kept it off for some time; but a detachment
of Turks, who had been landed there to perform quarantine,
grew impatient of their restraint, broke from it, and commu-
nicated the plague which had so lately ravaged the population
of Rosetta.
The Pasha had large magazines of corn and rice there,
and seemed to be the chief promoter of the commerce of the
place, though all the consuls had agents : that for France
was a Frenchman, the others were Levantines or Italians.
The only English merchant who had lately arrived, was so
little pleased with his speculations and with the difficulties
he encountered, that I believe he soon after abandoned the
place. It was against the interest of the Pasha's agents to
allow any person to establish himself in a considerable way.