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religion, to his affiftance. Upon which, the ogiachi 

 collected themfelves together from all quarters, with 

 their people, on the great fquare called Caramaidan, 

 near the fortrefs facing the town, which fquare belongs 

 to the fortrefs, and is furrounded by a wall. 



Of thefe ogiachis the fultan's militia confifts ; but 

 they were now come together of themfelves, as the 

 beys had omitted to fend them their pay. 



Excepting their generals, they are entirely made up 

 of fhopkeepers ; on which account, notwithstanding 

 they received no pay, they were ftill all together prefent 

 in the country. 



On the 29th. the beys, whom the ficcabeletti had 

 left behind, made an offer of their fervice, together 

 with their troops, to the pafha ; but he, fearing trea- 

 chery, would admit none but the beys into the fort 

 to him. 



The 30th they made a frefh attempt to come into 

 the fort with their troops ; but the pafha, more cunning 

 than they, received them as he had done the day 

 before. 



The beys felt themfelves hurt by this diftruft, and 

 went away from Cairo, to their army, about two in the 

 afternoon. 



The 3 ifl:. the admiral bey, the whole day long, ftood 

 ofF.Embaba, a village near Polaco, beyond the river ; 

 and pafTed the evening in Ghifa, a place, in refpect of 

 old Cairo, lying likewife beyond the river. 



The 1 ft. of Auguft, all the beys came together to the 

 fame place. 



The 2d. they proceeded towards Polaco, to a fpot 

 lying about fix miles northwards from Cairo ; and, by 



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