SIS CAIRO. 
He presenttd us with sherbet, coffee, and Hqueurs. Every thing 
was neat, and had an air of affluence. The library, which they used 
as a council chamber, was filled with an infinity of small pictures 
of different saints, most of which had crowns of real gold inserted, 
and some had the whole drapery in the same strange way. There 
was a small picture of a beautiful St. Catharine, without any of this 
meretricious ornament. Monseigneur attended me to the door, and 
declared he was determined to venture out, for the first time, to 
have the pleasure of paying his compliments to me. 
February -The scenery from the Citadel had excited in me 
so great a degree of admiration, that I determined Mr. Salt should 
take a set of views from it, which would answer as a Panorama. 
Early in the morning he therefore set off, with one of the Chaous 
Bashi to protect him, and Mr. Thomaso to interpret for him. He 
continued there several hours, and met with no molestation.— The 
Archbishop of Mount Sinai sent me a present of apples, pomegra- 
nates, and almonds, from St. Catharine's, also a large flask of Cyprus 
wine, which he assured me was ten years old. 
February 2,2- — It was impossible to persuade Mohammed Ali that 
my objects were not political, and as the English had ever been on 
friendly terms with the Beys, and latterly their protectors against 
the Porte, he was extremely jealous of my having any communi- 
cation with them. The most distant hint of visiting Upper Egypt, 
therefore, excited alarm, and I was obliged to abandon the idea 
altogether. 
. The Archbishop of Mount Sinai fulfilled his promise, and this 
fday paid me a visit, accompanied by two of his clergy. They were 
pmch interested by the^Axum inscription, which he requested mi 
