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HOLY LAND, AND CYPRUS. f237
a passage on board a ship bound for Constantinople. As
she did not sail till the 23d, I still suffered from the ordeal
before described at the vice-consul's house. My dislike to
the whole party increased. The Corsican capuchin became
my companion, and he accompanied me in my walks ;
where, however, 1 was obliged to use caution in my observa-
tions. A Few hurried sketches were all I could undertake,
though there is much to occupy an artist.
The Hospitium of the capuchins was distinct from the
authority of the priests of the sanctuary of Jerusalem, having1
been established during the last century at Beirutte, through
the devotion of a French archbishop; and was supported by
his successors till the revolution, when it was deprived of all
resource. The monks died off in great distress; his com-
panion and himself were all that survived. They had sub-
sisted by the profits arising from saying masses, and the
charity of the Franks, of which there were still a few remain-
ing of the French factory. Notwithstanding the misery to
which the French revolution had brought them, Buonaparte
was an object of admiration to them, from this principle,
that the interest of civilisation in Syria would have been
benefited by his success in that country.
The vessel on board which I embarked was filled with
passengers, chiefly Turks, bound to Constantinople : it was
of considerable burthen, but without a cabin. It is impos-
a passage on board a ship bound for Constantinople. As
she did not sail till the 23d, I still suffered from the ordeal
before described at the vice-consul's house. My dislike to
the whole party increased. The Corsican capuchin became
my companion, and he accompanied me in my walks ;
where, however, 1 was obliged to use caution in my observa-
tions. A Few hurried sketches were all I could undertake,
though there is much to occupy an artist.
The Hospitium of the capuchins was distinct from the
authority of the priests of the sanctuary of Jerusalem, having1
been established during the last century at Beirutte, through
the devotion of a French archbishop; and was supported by
his successors till the revolution, when it was deprived of all
resource. The monks died off in great distress; his com-
panion and himself were all that survived. They had sub-
sisted by the profits arising from saying masses, and the
charity of the Franks, of which there were still a few remain-
ing of the French factory. Notwithstanding the misery to
which the French revolution had brought them, Buonaparte
was an object of admiration to them, from this principle,
that the interest of civilisation in Syria would have been
benefited by his success in that country.
The vessel on board which I embarked was filled with
passengers, chiefly Turks, bound to Constantinople : it was
of considerable burthen, but without a cabin. It is impos-