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INCIDENTS OP TRAVEL.
Egypt quietly to himself; has attacked and de-
stroyed the Wahabees on the Red Sea, and subdued
the countries above the Cataracts of the Nile, to
Sennaar and Dongola. He has been constantly
aiming at introducing European improvements;
has raised and disciplined an army according to
European tactics ; increased the revenues, particu-
larly by introducing the culture of cotton, and has
made Egypt, from the Mediterranean to the Cata-
racts, as safe for the traveller as the streets of
New-York. It remains to be seen whether, after
all, he has not done more harm than good, and
whether the miserable and oppressed condition of
his subjects does not more than counterbalance all
the good that he has done for Egypt. One of the
strongest evidences he ever gave of his civilizing
inclinations, is the tendency he once manifested to
fall under petticoat government. He Was passion-
ately fond of his first wife, the sharer of his pover-
ty and meridian greatness, and the mother of his
two favourite children, Youssouff and Ibrahim Pa-
cha; and whenever a request was preferred in her
name, the enamoured despot would swear his fa-
vourite oath, " By my two eyes, if she wishes it, it
shall be done." Fond of war, and having an eye
to the islands of Candia and Cyprus, he sent a
large fleet and army, commanded by his son Ibra-
him Pacha, to aid the sultan in his war against
Greece, and with his wild Egyptians turned the
tide against that unhappy country, receiving as his
reward the islands which he coveted. More re-
INCIDENTS OP TRAVEL.
Egypt quietly to himself; has attacked and de-
stroyed the Wahabees on the Red Sea, and subdued
the countries above the Cataracts of the Nile, to
Sennaar and Dongola. He has been constantly
aiming at introducing European improvements;
has raised and disciplined an army according to
European tactics ; increased the revenues, particu-
larly by introducing the culture of cotton, and has
made Egypt, from the Mediterranean to the Cata-
racts, as safe for the traveller as the streets of
New-York. It remains to be seen whether, after
all, he has not done more harm than good, and
whether the miserable and oppressed condition of
his subjects does not more than counterbalance all
the good that he has done for Egypt. One of the
strongest evidences he ever gave of his civilizing
inclinations, is the tendency he once manifested to
fall under petticoat government. He Was passion-
ately fond of his first wife, the sharer of his pover-
ty and meridian greatness, and the mother of his
two favourite children, Youssouff and Ibrahim Pa-
cha; and whenever a request was preferred in her
name, the enamoured despot would swear his fa-
vourite oath, " By my two eyes, if she wishes it, it
shall be done." Fond of war, and having an eye
to the islands of Candia and Cyprus, he sent a
large fleet and army, commanded by his son Ibra-
him Pacha, to aid the sultan in his war against
Greece, and with his wild Egyptians turned the
tide against that unhappy country, receiving as his
reward the islands which he coveted. More re-