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persons with whom he was living in terms of inti- 

 macy at Cairo) ; write to Mr. Barker ;" — he then 

 paused and seemed troubled, and at length with 

 great exertion said, " Let Mr. Hamilton acquaint 

 my mother with my death, and say that my last 

 thoughts have been with her. (This subject he had 

 evidently kept back, as not trusting himself with 

 the mention of it till the last.) The Turks (he 

 added) will take my body. I know it; perhaps 

 you had better let them." — " When I tell you 

 (continues Mr. Salt) that he lived only six hours 

 after this conversation, you will easily conceive 

 what an eflfort it must have been. The expression 

 of his countenance, when he noticed his intended 

 journey, was an evident struggle between disap- 

 pointed hopes and manly resignation. Less of the 

 weakness of human nature was perhaps never ex- 

 hibited upon a death-bed. Dr. Richardson and 

 Osman (an Englishman whom he had persuaded 

 the Pasha to release from slavery), who has for 

 some time lived with him, were both present at this 

 conversation. He ended by expressing a wish that 

 I should retire, and shook my hand at parting, as 

 taking a final leave. So, unhappily, it proved ; he 

 died at a quarter before twelve the same night, 

 without a groan. The funeral, as he desired, was 

 Mohammedan, conducted with all proper regard to 

 the respectable rank which he had held in the eyes 

 of the natives." 



His dying requests were faithfully executed. His 

 Arabic manuscripts (the choicest collection in Eu- 



