Wilson, Robert Thomas: The British expedition to Egypt: carefully abridged in two parts (London, 1803)

<f At Damietta I saw all the Cheiks, and
particularly Aly Asaki, to whom the First
Consul gave a pelisse. He enjoys great credit,
and is much attached to France.
tc There are at Damietta two Christians, who
are really men of merit, and may be useful to
us. One of them is called Mons. Bazile, and
the ether Don Bazile. They have a good un-
derstanding, a very considerable fortune, and
• great consideration.
<f In Egypt, chiefs, traders, people, and
every body, love to talk of the First Consul,
and wish for his success. All the news which
relates to him is spread from Alexandria and
Damietta to the Pyramids and the Cataracts,
with an astonishing rapidity.
“ On the 23d of Brumaire, the frigate ar-
rived at the Bogatz from Damietta, and I set
out immediately for Acre, where I landed the
27th. y
“ On the 29th in the morning, I sent Citi-
zens Jaubert and Legrange, to Citizen Dijezap &
Pacha, in which I informed him, that Peace
being concluded between France and the Porte, z ‘
it was intended to re-establish all the commer- fa v
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cial relations which existed before the war, and „
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would reply by writing, whether he was in- yr
dined to enter into a conference with me; but
he sent only a verbal answer. Every one ad-k"
vised me not to go to him, unless I received a , y
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written assurance of protection; but not with-.
standing these timid councils, and his obsti-