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European affairs, that until death's-day he be- 

 lieved Louis Philippe to have carried into exile, 

 as he himself would have done, all the fleet and 

 the public treasure of the realm. And he never 

 could comprehend a Republic — c who adminis- 

 ters the stick ? ' 



Of this enterprising man, the Mohammed Ali 

 Pasha of the further East, I may say, Extinctus 

 amabitur idem. Shrewd and sensible, highly re- 

 ligious though untainted by fanaticism ; affable 

 and courteous, he was as dignified in sentiments 

 as distinguished in presence and demeanour. He 

 is accused of grasping covetousness and treach- 

 ery — but what Arab ruler is not covetous and 

 treacherous ? He was a prince after the heart of 

 his subjects ; prouder of his lineage than fond of 

 ostentation or display, an amateur conqueror on a 

 small scale, mild in punishment, and principally 

 remarkable as the chief merchant, cultivator, 

 and ship-builder in his dominions. An epitaph 

 may be borrowed for him from a man of very 

 different character — first in war, first in peace, 

 and first in the hearts of his fellow-countrymen. 

 Peace be to his manes ! 



Sayyid Said's territory at the time of his 

 death extended in Oman from the Pa'as el Jebel 

 (Cape Musseldom) to Sohar. In Mekran the 



