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situation extremely critical, and that such obr
stinacy would expose them to the danger of
totally losing this province. He then shewed
me the positive orders of the Porte, and I per-
ceived he had no authority to enter into any
arrangement of that nature. I then told him,
I intended to visit Madame Murad Bey, and to
see the environs and fortifications of the city.
He ordered the guard to accompany me where-
ever I chose to go, and said he would be happy
to make Cairo as agreeable to me as possible.
,c The same day I began my visits, by going
to see Abdallah-el-Chercanoi; he belongs to
the Grand Mosque. As he expected my visit,
a great many of the Cheiks were assembled.
I turned the conversation on the interest which
the First Consul feels for Egypt, on his power,
on his glory, and the esteem and kindness he
felt for the learned Cheiks of Cairo. Their
answers were expressive of their personal at-
tachment.
" None but an eye witness can conceive the
enthusiasm that was produced by the sight of
the First Consul’s picture. I made presents of
them to the principal Cheiks in Cairo, and the
cities I had passed through. Citizens Jauber4-
and Bergue assured me, that the inhabitants of
Cairo at no time testified such an attachment
to France, as at the time of my arrival. When
body rose and
are continually -
making predictions with respect to the First
Consul.
we passed in the streets, every
saluted us. Their astrologers
PART II.
situation extremely critical, and that such obr
stinacy would expose them to the danger of
totally losing this province. He then shewed
me the positive orders of the Porte, and I per-
ceived he had no authority to enter into any
arrangement of that nature. I then told him,
I intended to visit Madame Murad Bey, and to
see the environs and fortifications of the city.
He ordered the guard to accompany me where-
ever I chose to go, and said he would be happy
to make Cairo as agreeable to me as possible.
,c The same day I began my visits, by going
to see Abdallah-el-Chercanoi; he belongs to
the Grand Mosque. As he expected my visit,
a great many of the Cheiks were assembled.
I turned the conversation on the interest which
the First Consul feels for Egypt, on his power,
on his glory, and the esteem and kindness he
felt for the learned Cheiks of Cairo. Their
answers were expressive of their personal at-
tachment.
" None but an eye witness can conceive the
enthusiasm that was produced by the sight of
the First Consul’s picture. I made presents of
them to the principal Cheiks in Cairo, and the
cities I had passed through. Citizens Jauber4-
and Bergue assured me, that the inhabitants of
Cairo at no time testified such an attachment
to France, as at the time of my arrival. When
body rose and
are continually -
making predictions with respect to the First
Consul.
we passed in the streets, every
saluted us. Their astrologers
PART II.