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But armies, such as armies are’ now, 
are wretched civilizers. They would, 
indeed, be needful in stich a country as 
Egypt, to enforce the law}; but woe to 
the country where they give the law! 
The French in Egypt were under no 
restraint of religion, for they were in- 
structed, by the example of théir leaders, 
to profess any religion as it suited them. 
They were equally destitute of all mo- 
rals, and instead of introducing Furo- 
pean decency among the conquered peo- 
ple, they themselves fell into the practice 
‘of vices most infamous in Europe. The 
miseries and crimes occasioned by the 
unhappy expedition of Bonaparte, are 
beyond calculation. We are told, by 
this officer, that the women who coha- 
bited with the French soldiers, almost 
invariably destroyed, before birth, the 
ercatures who would else have been the 
children of christians! A massacre of 
these unhappy women was expected to 
take place. whenever the Europeans 
should quit the country. When the 
English took possession of Rosetta, 
the wives of four French officers, all 
of wham had children, were forsaken 
by their husbands, and turned into 
the streets, for the inhabitants feared the 
‘Turks would murder them if they suf- 
fered the wife of a Frenchman under 
their roofs ! ° 
When these letters were written Bon 
John was very naturally the favourite 
in Egypt. Some remarkable instances 
are quoted. 
«© Near Fova, a captain of the riavy had 
straggled from his boat, was seized by some 
‘Arabs, who, from the similarity in his uni- 
form, mistook him for a Frenchman, had 
plundered and stripped, and were actually 
about to murder him, when one of them, 
more Sagacious and humane than the Test, 
tore a button from his coat, suspended his 
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. 
execution, ran to the bank of the Ni 
seeing an English boat, produced the b 
to the sailors, who acknowledged it by 
ling out Ingles; he instantly returned’ iy 
party with the information, who as quic 4 
released their captive, restored to him his — | 
eflects, and escorted him in safety to the 
boat. 
before the arrival of the Freotly upon their 
taking possession of that place, quitted it, 
having first covered up most secretly a re- 
markably good well close to that village. He 
had constant intercourse. with the Irench 
during the whole of their stay; but such 
was his inveteracy towards them that he 
never divulged the secret. The momen 
we reached Aboukir, he took Sir Sidney 
Smith to the spot, a few men soon opened 
it, and found a large well of the very best | 
water.” 
Yet this officer believed, that as soon 
as the French were out of the country, 
the inhabitants would rejoice to see the 
English follow them, because they are 
Christians. 
This volume has been ascribed to 
Major Doyle: we have reason to be- 
lieve that it is the work of an older 
officer, but as he has not thought pro- 
per to set his name to the title, it would 
be impertinent in us to announce it in 
areview. Some inaccuracies of late. 
guage the reader will have observed in 
our extracts—we were more displeased 
with the recurrence of certain sla 
phrases, common among young mente 
fashion, who would do well to spare our 
language, and confine themselves to in- 
venting alterations in our coats, waiste 
coats, pantaloons, and bocts, These, 
however, are trifling faults., More liv. 
ing authors than one have acquired re- 
putation by books of less observation, 
only because they were more serious, 
being dull. 
Arr. XIII. Sravels in Turkey, Asia-Mitor, Syria, and across the Desert into Egypt, dur- 
ing the Years 1799, 1800, and 1801. By Wittiam Wittman, M., D. of the Royel 
Artillery, Sc. pp. 612. 
«© IN the present multiplicity of books, 
to obtrude a new work upon the public ar- 
gues an opinion in the author, that it either 
centains some’ new information, or if the 
matter is old, that it is: in a dress whicly is 
both original and advantageous. ‘To the 
latter the writer of these pages makes no 
pretensions; with tespect to the former, the 
fault is his own if the work should be found 
fo contain no information but what is already | 
- familiar to his countrymen. 
_«s Attached in a prokeelinngars acity, to ” 
the British juilitary mission which accom- 
- 
panied the army of the grand vizier in its 
route through Turkey, Syria, and Egypt, 
during the late memorable campaign, he was - 
certainly in a situation peculiarly advantage- 
ous for observing the manners, customs, 
and habits of the Turkish nation, not onl 
with the Grand Vizier himself, but wit 
the principal personages of the Ottoman 
empire. Y 
‘< In the course of his travels, he saw 
many things which, to him at least, were 
uncominon ; and he was in the habit (partly 
to relieve his mind from the irksomeness of 
ana 
«© An Arab, who had lived at Aboukir 
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