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the Imperial consul, a gentleman endowed
with many eminent qualifications ; and who,
according to Sir R. Wilson, was the source
from which Savary, Volneyi, and Sbnini, ac-
quired most of their information. Being a
resident in Egypt many years, he became the
intimate friend and adviser of Ali Bey, §6
formidable, a few years since, in his revolt
against the Porte ; though, in this particular,
he did not follow the advice of his friend.
Turks, Copts, and Christians, it is said,
formed but one opinion of Rosetti’s charac-
ter, considering him as their general benefac-
tor ; and, when the Grand" Vizir requested
a visit from him, never was any Christian
received with so much distinction ; the Arabs
shouting, as he passed through the streets,
“ Praise to the Vizir, who thus” honours the
father of the Poor Rosetti, However, could
not escape imprisonment after the arrival of
the French.
The embarkation of the French occupied
ten days successively, one only being omitted
in consequence of the fatigue of the camels.
The French had been so inconsiderate of the
journey
•
sufferings of these patient creatures
!' from "Cairo,
been repeatedly galled into a jelly of putre-
breeding worms, flies, &c.
, on th
that their backs had
faction
hundred weight is the utmost that a camel
can carry, though few wish to load them
with more than six. Immense weights, and
saddles badly constructed, repeatedly bruising
the hunch on the creature’s back, was the
I
the Imperial consul, a gentleman endowed
with many eminent qualifications ; and who,
according to Sir R. Wilson, was the source
from which Savary, Volneyi, and Sbnini, ac-
quired most of their information. Being a
resident in Egypt many years, he became the
intimate friend and adviser of Ali Bey, §6
formidable, a few years since, in his revolt
against the Porte ; though, in this particular,
he did not follow the advice of his friend.
Turks, Copts, and Christians, it is said,
formed but one opinion of Rosetti’s charac-
ter, considering him as their general benefac-
tor ; and, when the Grand" Vizir requested
a visit from him, never was any Christian
received with so much distinction ; the Arabs
shouting, as he passed through the streets,
“ Praise to the Vizir, who thus” honours the
father of the Poor Rosetti, However, could
not escape imprisonment after the arrival of
the French.
The embarkation of the French occupied
ten days successively, one only being omitted
in consequence of the fatigue of the camels.
The French had been so inconsiderate of the
journey
•
sufferings of these patient creatures
!' from "Cairo,
been repeatedly galled into a jelly of putre-
breeding worms, flies, &c.
, on th
that their backs had
faction
hundred weight is the utmost that a camel
can carry, though few wish to load them
with more than six. Immense weights, and
saddles badly constructed, repeatedly bruising
the hunch on the creature’s back, was the