324 TRAVELS IN EGYPT. 



or to the coasting trade along the seas of the Le- 

 vant, was preparing to sail for Smyrna : I took 

 this opportunity of finding my way into Greece 

 and Turkey. I separated from all my companions, 

 whose task was to finish with the expedition 

 through Egypt, excepting him who was parti- 

 cularly attached to me. The vessel on board 

 which I embarked sailed from the new port of 

 Alexandria on the 17th of October 1778, and I 

 soon lost sight of the flat and naked regions of a 

 country, where the prodigies of art seemed to vie 

 with the wonders of nature. 



THE END. 



S. GobNELi,, Piinter, 

 Little Queen Street, Hoi born. 



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