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171
£
while the
ON
a trot of ten miles, he strong
the Turkish, whoscs infantr
son dwells much upon the natural defences
of that country ; which, with the precautions
he had previously recommended, he thinks
would make Egypt no easy conquest to an
enemy. The high banks of the canals, and
the deep ruts caused by the sun^s cracking
the earth, he observes, spoil the surface for
the acting
Egyptian horses are generally broken up in
ly recommends
the Turkish
To preserve the laurels and the interest ac-
The ashes of this well-deserving and ex-
o
cellent officer being conveyed hither in pub-
lic funeral on the 29th day of April, in the
same year, Henry Pigot, appointed Com-
mander-in-Chief of the British troops sta-
tioned in this island, has obsequiously or-
dered this stone to be raised over his re-
mains. ”
he insists,
might be made very good soldiers. He also
speaks with great confidence of the indivi-
dual bravery of the Turks ; but he does not
seem to have been apprehensive of the su-
periority of French intrigue and enterprize
in Egypt, perhaps at the moment he was
writing ; but the portentuous particulars of ■
which, as they have transpired within a few
weeks past, may be found jn the next de-
partment of this work.
£
while the
ON
a trot of ten miles, he strong
the Turkish, whoscs infantr
son dwells much upon the natural defences
of that country ; which, with the precautions
he had previously recommended, he thinks
would make Egypt no easy conquest to an
enemy. The high banks of the canals, and
the deep ruts caused by the sun^s cracking
the earth, he observes, spoil the surface for
the acting
Egyptian horses are generally broken up in
ly recommends
the Turkish
To preserve the laurels and the interest ac-
The ashes of this well-deserving and ex-
o
cellent officer being conveyed hither in pub-
lic funeral on the 29th day of April, in the
same year, Henry Pigot, appointed Com-
mander-in-Chief of the British troops sta-
tioned in this island, has obsequiously or-
dered this stone to be raised over his re-
mains. ”
he insists,
might be made very good soldiers. He also
speaks with great confidence of the indivi-
dual bravery of the Turks ; but he does not
seem to have been apprehensive of the su-
periority of French intrigue and enterprize
in Egypt, perhaps at the moment he was
writing ; but the portentuous particulars of ■
which, as they have transpired within a few
weeks past, may be found jn the next de-
partment of this work.