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sation ; and it was probably a feeling of resentment that induced 
them to repay the obligation, by charging him with having de- 
stroyed Luigi Balugani, the Italian youth who accompanied him 
into Abyssinia, in order to take the credit to himself of the draw- 
ings that he brought home. It was impossible to convince them of 
the injustice of their charge, though they did not attempt to produce 
any other evidence, than that Balugani could draw, and Mr. Bruce 
could not. These Franciscans are very poor; they formerly re- 
ceived each a miserable pittance of sixty dollars from the Propa- 
ganda at Rome^w^hich is no longer paid. They subsist only on cha- 
rity ; and as they have fewer friends than the Capuchins, live very 
indifferently. Their convent is small, their church decent, but 
poorly furnished. The Superior was a Pole, an intelligent man, who 
spoke Italian, and a little French. 
As the weather w^as fine, I took a walk in Mr. Rosetti's garden, 
w^hich is large, and would be very pleasant, were it not that the Alba- 
nians intrude whenever they please, take what they like, and even 
cut the trees with their sabres. On my return home, I received a 
deputation from the Greek Archbishop of Mount Sinai, excusing 
himself for not having visited me. He was so afraid of being in- 
sulted, that, although he had been here a year, he had never ven- 
tured to quit his convent. Having been assured that he was a very, 
pleasant and intelligent man, I returned an answer, that I would 
do myself the pleasure of visiting him. 
Schech Chedid, and Mohammed Ali Pacha, were by no means 
friends, in consequence of the former refusing to pay any tribute, 
and occasionally interrupting trade. I found that, w^hen Mr. Aziz 
suggested to his Highness the eligibility of sending this most pow- 
