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xxxi.] MODERN ALEXANDRIA.
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climate of the country, however, seems to prohibit this, and there
is little or no domestic intercourse among the European families
resident here. The climate is the worst in Egypt, the neighbor-
hood the least interesting, and nothing but business or duty can
induce a residence in a city that combines all the worst features
of European and Asiatic life, with the least possible of their
advantages.*
* In the former edition, a chapter on the agriculture, manufactures, and
commerce of Egypt, was here introduced. As it seemed, however, not
adapted for the general reader, it has been transferred to the Appendix.
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climate of the country, however, seems to prohibit this, and there
is little or no domestic intercourse among the European families
resident here. The climate is the worst in Egypt, the neighbor-
hood the least interesting, and nothing but business or duty can
induce a residence in a city that combines all the worst features
of European and Asiatic life, with the least possible of their
advantages.*
* In the former edition, a chapter on the agriculture, manufactures, and
commerce of Egypt, was here introduced. As it seemed, however, not
adapted for the general reader, it has been transferred to the Appendix.