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principles and practices innumerable. I amused
myself with making a collection of them, not only
in Egypt, but likewise in Greece, where I resided
a considerable time, and enjoyed very particular
Opportunities of completing my collection. Cer-
tain European ladies have sometimes courted me
to open it in their favour: but I check myself;
this is not the place for making such communica-
tions, and the book of a traveller ought not to
degenerate into a course of cosmetics.
principles and practices innumerable. I amused
myself with making a collection of them, not only
in Egypt, but likewise in Greece, where I resided
a considerable time, and enjoyed very particular
Opportunities of completing my collection. Cer-
tain European ladies have sometimes courted me
to open it in their favour: but I check myself;
this is not the place for making such communica-
tions, and the book of a traveller ought not to
degenerate into a course of cosmetics.