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his regret that the situation of the country was such as to render it 
uncomfortable to strangers. He sent the Interpreter to consult with 
Mr. Aziz, as to the proper etiquette in receiving me, assuring me, 
that it was his wish to pay me every possible attention; that he 
was attached to my countrymen ; and that it was even his interest, 
having been recently raised to so high an office, to cultivate the 
friendship of those nations which were friends of the Porte ; that 
immediately on hearing of my arrival at Suez, he had issued his 
orders to his servants there, to treat me with every respect, which 
he trusted had been complied with ; and that if any thing should 
hereafter be neglected which ought to be done, he hoped I would 
attribute it to his being a rough soldier, little accustomed to the 
formalities of peace. 
I expressed my great obligations to his Highness, and assured 
him that I felt too sensibly his past kindness, to doubt his future 
attentions. It was settled that I should visit him tomorrow, and 
the whole etiquette was arranged with Mr, Aziz. 
I received a visit from the Reverend Fathers of the Greek Con- 
vent, situated in the Greek quarter, which is dependent on the 
Patriarch of Alexandria. 
In the morning I returned Mr. Macardle's visit, and accepted an 
invitation from him to be present in the evening at an Egyptian 
dance. I went, but was not much amused. The dancers were 
veiled, not from modesty, but to conceal their ugliness. They sung 
somewhat in the manner of the Indian nautch girls, but never 
raised their voice to an artificial pitch. The dances were infinitely 
too indecent, even for description. Mrs. Macardle, a pretty Greek, 
and a great number of ladies, were there ; none of them seemed the 
