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HOLY LAND, AND CYPRUS. 25.9
building contained apartments and corridors in ruin, which
might be turned into good barracks. The tomb of Chaid
Bey, the builder of the castle, was shown in one of the rooms
leading to the mosque of the castle, and is held in great
veneration. Eight or nine guns and one mortar, in an un-
serviceable state, are mounted on different parts of the works.
The officer of the bey who attended me round them, said
it was the Pasha's intention to repair them.
ROSETTA.
Rosetta can scarcely be said to have any fortifications.
That part of the town entered during our unfortunate expe-
dition in 1807, has been strengthened by a low brick wall,
of about three or four feet thick, on which a few old guns
were mounted. The ends of streets are closed by gates and
mud walls, by which a free communication with the exterior
is cut off.
CAIRO.
At Cairo, besides the citadel at the extremity of the
town towards the Mokattam, which remains in the same
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building contained apartments and corridors in ruin, which
might be turned into good barracks. The tomb of Chaid
Bey, the builder of the castle, was shown in one of the rooms
leading to the mosque of the castle, and is held in great
veneration. Eight or nine guns and one mortar, in an un-
serviceable state, are mounted on different parts of the works.
The officer of the bey who attended me round them, said
it was the Pasha's intention to repair them.
ROSETTA.
Rosetta can scarcely be said to have any fortifications.
That part of the town entered during our unfortunate expe-
dition in 1807, has been strengthened by a low brick wall,
of about three or four feet thick, on which a few old guns
were mounted. The ends of streets are closed by gates and
mud walls, by which a free communication with the exterior
is cut off.
CAIRO.
At Cairo, besides the citadel at the extremity of the
town towards the Mokattam, which remains in the same
2i2