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me a letter he had written to Mr. Bruce, asking him 

 to come on board at eleven and bring Mr. Murray 

 with him. The Yiceroy had very reluctantly agreed 

 to give Mr. Murray an audience, as he accused him of 

 having instigated Abbas Pasha to persecute him in 

 bygone years, but I advised him to do so rather than 

 offend the English agent. The audience passed off 

 very smoothly, and after the departure of Mr. Murray, 

 with whom he shook hands, the Yiceroy said laughingly 

 to me, ' I shall not give my hand to a friend to-day, 

 having done so to an enemy. I showed myself a good 

 diplomatist, did I not, and said many things which I 

 did not think? > 



"The Yiceroy has heard with much satisfaction 

 from M. Sabatier, the French consul, that the Em- 

 peror has sent him an autograph letter, accompanied 

 with the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour." 



" December 18, 1854. 



" I pay a visit to the Yiceroy, who is returning to 

 Tourah. He has heard that I had told Linant to draw 

 money from my bankers to pay for the utensils and 

 provisions required for our journey through the isth- 

 mus. He said that he could not allow this, and he 

 very quietly chided me for having supposed that he 

 would permit me to incur the least expense while I 

 was his guest. 



" At Setti-Zeneb this evening I gave a dinner of 

 thirty covers, in the Yiceroy 7 s name, in honour of Mr. 



