492 A P P E N D I X, No. V. 
ing and writing, but by no means wonder or are aftonifhed at 
what they fee daily pradtifed.. 
Berth'iers Letter, 1 FruBidor. 
P. 536. All Egypt, according to this writer, is in fubmiflion 
to the French troops ; but it appears the fartheft poft the latter 
have occupied is at four leagues from Cairo, where there is an 
entrenched camp j then there remain 130 leagues yet to fubdue. 
P. 599. It feems to me impoffible that the old port could 
contain half the number of vefTels here mentioned, viz. 300. 
. This place, whofe name is fo murdered, is fpelled 
Jibbrifla. 
P. 603. In Julien's letter, I know not how the flag could be 
placed on the walls of the celebrated city Thebes, when all that 
remains of that city is the ruins of public buildings, that formed 
a part of its interior. — Often join, Isfc. There is one annual 
feaft dedicated to the Prophet, called Mewlet-en-Nehbiy which 
lafts one day ; and one feaft alfo annual in honour of cutting 
the Chalige, which alfo lafts one day. How did the foldiers 
then often celebrate them ? 
604. The canal of Alexandria wanted nothing more than 
to be cleared of the fand which had accumulated in it, and to 
be defended by a dike againft the ineroachments of the fea, 
which 
