AND LOWER EGYPT. I9I 



It was impossible to refrain from bearing some 

 good-will to the inhabitants of this country, for 

 having preserved to their town the name of the an- 

 cient city. We find Alexandria^ in the Arabic name 

 Escanderle -, and the indignation, which you arc 

 unable to restrain, against the barbarians by whom 

 the new city was rather infested than peopled, 

 ceased for a moment on hearing them, which hap- 

 pened to me oftcner than once, pronounce the 

 name of Alexander with marks of respect. It is 

 with them the attribute of courage and of victory. 

 Ennte Scander, say they sometimes, ihon art an 

 Alexander ; this is in their eyes the highest eulo- 

 gium of valour. So true it is that monuments of 

 brass and marble are not those which perpetuate 

 the memory of men. Great actions alone possess 

 the power of transmitting their names from age to 

 age. Every thing else is effaced, every thing 

 perishes : virtue and benefits conferred remain, as 

 unchangeable monuments reared in the heart, the 

 eternal heritage of admiration and ratitude. 



TheVcnetiansand the English had likewise com- 

 mercial establishments at Alexandria. The former, 

 just as the French, pursued, in carrying on trade, 

 the same track with their predecessors. The Eng- 

 lish, on the contrary, employed themselves in strik- 

 ing out new paths. The frequent voyages of their 

 agents to India, their prodigality, which secures to 



them 



