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HOLY LAISTD, AM CYPRUS. 26l
He was a Turk, bred up in the military school at Constanti-
nople, and seemed diligent in the superintendence of his
work. The workmen were divided into parties, under task-
masters, who enforced their industry by blows. A number
of male and female children were employed in bringing up
the light materials, in baskets on their heads, for the work-
men ; were regularly led backwards and forwards in files ;
and whilst in motion, were obliged to sing praises of the
Pasha; which they did, accompanying their voices with a
clapping of hands.
DAMIETTA.
The entrance to the Damietta branch of the Nile is
guarded by two Martello towers, enclosed in a circular bat-
tery. That on the Delta side was built by the French, of
masonry ; and, including the battery, mounts about seven
or eight guns; is well situated to defend the mouth of the
river, and is protected from shipping at sea. The tower on
the right bank appeared larger; is built of brick; and con-
tains a mosque within the outer enclosure. About a mile
from the entrance of the Damietta branch on the Syrian
side, is a large fort, of irregular shape, close to the river, and
situated amongst marshy land intersected by ditches. It was
He was a Turk, bred up in the military school at Constanti-
nople, and seemed diligent in the superintendence of his
work. The workmen were divided into parties, under task-
masters, who enforced their industry by blows. A number
of male and female children were employed in bringing up
the light materials, in baskets on their heads, for the work-
men ; were regularly led backwards and forwards in files ;
and whilst in motion, were obliged to sing praises of the
Pasha; which they did, accompanying their voices with a
clapping of hands.
DAMIETTA.
The entrance to the Damietta branch of the Nile is
guarded by two Martello towers, enclosed in a circular bat-
tery. That on the Delta side was built by the French, of
masonry ; and, including the battery, mounts about seven
or eight guns; is well situated to defend the mouth of the
river, and is protected from shipping at sea. The tower on
the right bank appeared larger; is built of brick; and con-
tains a mosque within the outer enclosure. About a mile
from the entrance of the Damietta branch on the Syrian
side, is a large fort, of irregular shape, close to the river, and
situated amongst marshy land intersected by ditches. It was