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TRAVELS IN UPPER
CHAP. XIII.
Journey from Alexandria to Rossetta—Maadie—j{&-
rabha—Rossetta and its environs—Glance over the
■Delia.
Placed between the Mediterranean sea on one
side, and a sea of sand on the other, modern
Alexandria is isolated, and seems to belong to no
country. In order to arrive in other lands, it is
necessary to trust the inconstancy of the waves,
or to force a way through immense wastes, im-
pressed with the seal of the dereliction and the
reprobation of nature. It is, or almost so, a de-
sert which you have to cross, in travelling by land
to Rossetta. I have performed that journey seve-
ral times ; the first in company with the inspector-
general Tott, attended by a numerous retinue,
among whom Savary was one. We left Alexan-
dria July 1 ith, i yyv, at seven o'clock in the even-
ing. This train, I had almost said this rabble of
foreigners dressed as Frenchmen, gave umbrage
to the Inhabitants ; we encountered, in passing
through the city, insults of various kinds, and were
even pelted with stones, one of which, too well
aimed, gave me a rude stroke on the breast. If I
had possessed any faith in augury, I should, un-
doubtedly,- have relinquished a journey whose
commencement
CHAP. XIII.
Journey from Alexandria to Rossetta—Maadie—j{&-
rabha—Rossetta and its environs—Glance over the
■Delia.
Placed between the Mediterranean sea on one
side, and a sea of sand on the other, modern
Alexandria is isolated, and seems to belong to no
country. In order to arrive in other lands, it is
necessary to trust the inconstancy of the waves,
or to force a way through immense wastes, im-
pressed with the seal of the dereliction and the
reprobation of nature. It is, or almost so, a de-
sert which you have to cross, in travelling by land
to Rossetta. I have performed that journey seve-
ral times ; the first in company with the inspector-
general Tott, attended by a numerous retinue,
among whom Savary was one. We left Alexan-
dria July 1 ith, i yyv, at seven o'clock in the even-
ing. This train, I had almost said this rabble of
foreigners dressed as Frenchmen, gave umbrage
to the Inhabitants ; we encountered, in passing
through the city, insults of various kinds, and were
even pelted with stones, one of which, too well
aimed, gave me a rude stroke on the breast. If I
had possessed any faith in augury, I should, un-
doubtedly,- have relinquished a journey whose
commencement