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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.11636#0389
356 TRAVELS IN UPPER
is surrounded, on the side next the land, with a
ditch, filled by the water of the sea. There
is a light-house, which is so poorly illuminated,
that you cannot perceive it till you are pretty close
to it. Some pieces of cannon of a very small size
defend the fort; but they did not deter the Rus-
sians from carrying off \he germes, directly under
the batteries. The governor had sent with us a
guide through the castle, his lieutenant, a very
dirty and lousy officer. He was so well pleased
with our liberality, that, from pure gratitude, he
endeavoured with all his might to carry us a-fish-
ing, because he was a fisherman to his trade.
During the day, the village of Aboukir ap-
peared to be without inhabitants ; the doors of the
houses were shut; not a person was to be seen in
the streets. The reason of this was, that almost
all those who lived there were either fishermen
or sailors belonging to the germes.
When we left the castle, we passed by the
shop of the governor, which was no longer that
of a barber. He proposed to me to purchase.a
good engraved stone, to which he affixed a high
price, because he had caused his name to be in-
scribed on the reverse of the antique engraving.
In order that I might get into the good graces of
a man
is surrounded, on the side next the land, with a
ditch, filled by the water of the sea. There
is a light-house, which is so poorly illuminated,
that you cannot perceive it till you are pretty close
to it. Some pieces of cannon of a very small size
defend the fort; but they did not deter the Rus-
sians from carrying off \he germes, directly under
the batteries. The governor had sent with us a
guide through the castle, his lieutenant, a very
dirty and lousy officer. He was so well pleased
with our liberality, that, from pure gratitude, he
endeavoured with all his might to carry us a-fish-
ing, because he was a fisherman to his trade.
During the day, the village of Aboukir ap-
peared to be without inhabitants ; the doors of the
houses were shut; not a person was to be seen in
the streets. The reason of this was, that almost
all those who lived there were either fishermen
or sailors belonging to the germes.
When we left the castle, we passed by the
shop of the governor, which was no longer that
of a barber. He proposed to me to purchase.a
good engraved stone, to which he affixed a high
price, because he had caused his name to be in-
scribed on the reverse of the antique engraving.
In order that I might get into the good graces of
a man