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and sincerely for the interest which 
the first consul took in his behalf, 
’ but he protested to me, that he had 
the most positive orders from his 
court to make a war of extermina- 
tion upon the beys, and not to en- 
_ ter into any arrangement with them. 
- I observed, that the unfortunate cir- 
cumstances which had happened to. 
the Ottoman troops (they had been 
beaten five times successively by the 
mamelouks), rendered their posi-, 
tion very critical, and that obstinacy 
exposed them to the Joss of the pro- 
vince. He then communicated to 
me the order of the Porte, and I 
_ saw, beyond a doubt, that it was 
not possible for him to enter into any 
accommodation. 1 informed him that 
I intended to visit the diiferent 
cheiks of Cairo, and also Madame 
_ Murad Bey, and to inspeét the en- 
 virons and fortifications of the city. 
_ He ordered, immediately, that the 
_ guard which he had sent should ac- 
_ company me wherever I wished to 
- 20, informing me, that he would use 
' every means in his power to render 
my stay at Cairo agreeable.—'The 
_ same day I commenced my visits, 
beginning with the cheik Abdallah- 
_el-Chescanoi, of the great mosque. 
~ As I was expeéted by him, he had 
_ assembled. a considerable number of 
cheiks. 
- upon the interest which the first 
Es consul took in Egypt, on his power, 
his’ glory, and on his esteem and 
_ benevolence for the learned cheiks 
of Cairo. Their answers expressed 
_ their attachment to his person. He 
_ must have been a witness like my- 
self to the enthusiasm excited at the 
_view of the portrait of the first con- 
_ sul to form an idea of the exaltation 
of their sentiments. I have given it 
to all the principal cheiks of Cairo, 
and of the towns where | have tra- 
The conversation turned’ 
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velled.—On the 28th 1 invited the® 
cheik Omar El-Berky,; prince of the 
Shiriss: he was ill, and I saw only’ 
his son.—The cheik Suleiman Kl- 
Fargoumy received me with much 
friendship, and assured me of his 
boundless admiration for the first 
consul.—The citizen Joubert’ and 
Beye have certified to me, that the 
inhabitants of Cairo never testified 
so much attachment to I’rance as 
on my arrival.—W hen we pass along 
the streets, every body salutes us. 
Their astrologers make predictions 
every day as to what concerns the 
first consul.—On the 29th, I weit 
to visit Madame Murad Bey: her 
intendant had already prayed of me 
that 1 would grant her an interview. 
1 informed. her that the first consul 
had charged me to interpose my mes 
diation, in order tomake their peace 
with the Sublime Porte; but that 
the pacha had ordered that no ne- 
gotiation should be entered into.— 
I employed that day, and the fol- 
lowing, in visiting the citadel, the 
Isle of Ro da Gizé, Boulak, and all 
the other little forts which surround 
the city. The Turkish soldiers mur- 
mured to see me visit their forts, 
but I feigned not to hear them, and 
continued my course and my ob- 
servations. 
On the 29th, in returning to Fort 
Dupuy, a soldier menaced me with 
his attagan ; but as the inhabitants 
of the city testified highly their in- 
dignation against him, I did not 
stop at his menaces, and continued 
my route. A moment afterwards 
Mustapha Oukil, one of the chiefs 
of the city, passed before me qn 
horseback. In passing, he reproach- 
ed my guides with marching before 
a christian, and above all, before a 
Frenchman, and menaced them with 
the bastinado after my departure. I 
could 
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