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Alexandria, January 16, 1856. 

 MoNCHER Monsieur De Leon : Je viens de prendre connaissance de 

 la copie de la lettre qui vous a ete addressee par M. le Commandante 

 Porter. 



Je vais ecrire a I'instant pour faire remplacer par des dromedaires 

 les chameaux qu'on avait I'intention d'acheter de sorte qu'au lieu de 

 deux dromedaires et quatre chameaux, il y aura six dromedaires et 

 je ferai en sorte qu'il y dit moitie femelles et males, si la chose est 

 possible. 



Dans tons le cas vous pouvez etre certain que ce sera Animaux de 

 chois. Quant au jour ou il sera possible de les offrir, je ne puis prendre 

 sur moi de le fixer. Tout ce que je puis faire, cest de recommander 

 que 1 achat et I'expedition se fassent dans le plus bref delai possible. 

 Agreez Monsieur, &c., &c., 



TVT X. T^ T KOENIG BEY. 



M. E. De Leon, 



Consul General of the United States of America. 



Alexandria, January 16, 1856. 



Dear Captain: Koenig Bey, the private secretary of the viceroy 

 has called to beg that you will delay a few days, to secure animals 

 worthy of being carried to America, which have been sent for. 



He is very anxious about it, and you will get good animals if you 



Yours, truly, 



EDWIN De LEON, 



Consul General. 



P. S. Koenig Bey will make you apologies in person, if you will 

 wait. 



E. De L. 



United States Ship "Supply," 

 Bay of Alexandria, January 1&, 185&. 



My Dear Sir : Although it will interfere with my arrangements, 

 yet, not to be guilty of anything like a want of courtesy to the au- 

 thorities, I will wait for the dromedaries. 



I do not conceive that the viceroy would sanction anything like the 

 rudeness that was practised on us, and, as I know it would afford him 

 pleasure to do the thing handsomely, and as the honorable Secretary 

 of War will be much disappointed at our having so few dromedaries, 

 I will wait on those grounds, and hurry up somewhere else. 



