^GYPT, AND SYRIA. 119 
ing in eafe the fruit of their extortions. During the pre-emi- 
nence of the Othman power, Egypt appears one of the moft 
quiet and fubmiffive of the provinces : and the travellers of 
this and the two preceding centuries may fupply what few 
materials arife, concerning its hiftory, or rather its condition. 
The evening of the Turkifh domination was marked by the 
appearance of that meteor, Ali Bey, who had fcarcely dazzled 
the nations with his wild effulgence before he difappeared. 
