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STATE PAPERS. 
{the 2d of November) I had another 
interview with the pacha, and re- 
commended all the christians of 
Cairo to his protection, as well as 
the Turks who, during the residence 
ef the French in Egypt, were con- 
neéted with them. He not only 
promised to respect them, but even 
to treat them with bounty. On the 
3d, I set out in a conveyance of the 
pacha’s, in order to repair to Da- 
mietta. The pacha ordercd me to 
be escorted to Boulak, with the 
same honours that I received on the 
day of my arrival. I had written 
to captain Gourdin, to repair to 
Damietta with the frigate, in order 
to convey me to Syria. . On the 5th 
. LI stopped a short time at Simenoud, 
and afterwards at Mansoura, where 
1 saw the commandant of the city, 
and the cheik LEsseid-Muhammed- 
E}-Chenaoni, who came to see me, 
as well as all the other cheiks. I 
spoke to them in the same manner 
as the other cheiks of Egypt, and 
received the same promises of at- 
tachment. The tower of Mansoura 
is destroyed. The same day I ar- 
rived at Damietta. The next day I 
went to Ahmed-Pacha-Behil, a crea- 
ture of the grand vizier’s; he re- 
turned my visit the same day. He 
conducted himself perfeétly well to 
me during my stay in that city. 
On the 7th I went to visit the 
fort of Lesbe and the towers of Bo- 
' gaz. They have not continued the 
works of that fort, which is ina 
bad state: those of Bogaz are ina 
good condition. There is a garrison 
' of 200 men in the fort and in the 
towers. On the 8th I received the 
visit of Hassan ‘Toubar-: his influ- 
ence over the inhabitants of Mensale 
as still the same. On the 9th I 
' ‘went to Senenie, where I saw the 
~ aheik 
{brahim-E1,Behlout, ke wha 
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behaved so well to the French under 
the orders of general Vial, when 
they were taken and imprisoned. 
The first consul had exempted his 
village from all contributions. I 
saw al] the cheiks at Damietta, par- 
ticularly Ali Khasaki, whom the 
first consul had invested with a pe- 
lisse: he is possessed of great cre- 
dit, and is much attached to the 
French. There are at Damietta two 
christians, whe are men of merit, 
and may be very usefulto us: they 
are M. Bazile and Don Bazile. ‘They 
are possessed of good information, 
haye very considerable fortunes, and 
are very highly respected. In Egypt, 
chiefs, merchants, people, all like 
to talk of the first consul—all offer 
up prayers for his happiness. All 
the news which concerns him spread 
from Alexandria or Damietta to the 
pyramids and the grand cataraéts 
with astonishing rapidity. On the 
14th the frigate arrived at Bogaz from 
Damietta: I immediately set out for 
Acre, at which place I arrived on 
the 19th. 
The 20th of November, in the 
morning, I dispatched citizens Jou- 
bert and Legrange to Dgezzar-pa- 
cha, with a letter, in which I stated 
to him, that peace being concluded 
between France and the Porte, the 
relations of commerce should be re- 
established on the footing they stood 
before the war, and that I was 
charged by the first consul to confer 
with him on these objects. I beg- 
ged of him to answer me in writing, 
if he was inclined to treat with me. 
In some hours the messengers re- 
turned: Dgezzar had received them 
coldly. He expressed his desire to 
see me personally, but was unwil- 
ling to write. Kvery body advised 
me not to see him, without an as- 
surance written by himself; ne 
ihis 
