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CHAP. XII. 



French factory — Statue — Adanson and his misfor-> 

 times — Augustus , another French interpreter — » 

 Antique tomb — The name of Alexander still respect* 

 ed in Egypt — Venetians and English— Commerce 

 — Germes — Fishes. 



While at Alexandria, I lodged in the house oc- 

 cupied by the French consul and the merchants 

 of that nation : it is close upon the sea, at the 

 bottom of the new harbour. It forms a square, 

 the sides of which enclose a large court, and 

 around it, under arcades, a series of warehouses. 

 The arcades are supported by columns, or, to ex- 

 press myself more accurately, by the fragments of 

 columns pilfered from the rubbish of the ancient 

 city : several of them are of granite, and one pf 

 porphyry. 



There was likewise in this court, a statue, of 

 the size of nature, in white stone, and representing 

 a woman sitting, with a child standing by her side. 

 It is a tolerable piece of sculpture ; the drapery, in 

 particular, has a great deal of merit. Some Arabs 

 had found this statue buried in ruins, and sold it 

 to a French interpreter, who intended to have it 



transported 



