S82 CAIRO. 
February 26. — If Elfi Were at the Pyramids, it seems he has 
marched on ; for his Highness sent this evening to inform me, that 
his horses were ready for to-morrow, and that he had ordered the 
Governor ofGheza to attend me with all his troops, and to answer 
with his head for my safety. I deferred our journey till Sunday, 
as Saturday is the great festival of Beiram, and it would have been 
rather hard to take the good Governor away from his people on 
such an occasion. 
February 57. — I received, from the Archbishop of Mount Sinai, 
the Greek inscription and a translation of it, with a very flattering 
letter. The weather was very cold, with showers of rain. The ther- 
mometer 52" in the morning. 
February 28. — Mr. Salt went again to the Citadel, but was soon 
obliged to return, as they began to celebrate the festival of Beiram, 
by firing musquetry with balls ; an amusement by no means safe 
for the by-standers. I went to see his Highness pass to the mosque, 
which he did in very great state. Some of his Chaous Bashi were 
most magnificently dressed. His two sons preceded him : the eldest 
is a fine boy ; the second is less handsome, but is said to be intelligent. 
Some young Mamelukes attended him, whose complexions were 
fairer than any Europeans, and, if they were not painted, the ver- 
milion tint of their cheeks was superior to any thing I ever saw 
in nature. His Highness was plainly dressed, and, as at my inter- 
view, incessantly stroked his beard. 
March I. — The French Agent notified to his Highness that 
he had official intelligence from Constantinople of the peace being 
signed between France and Austria, and of a very great victory 
obtained over the Russians by Bonaparte. He, at the same time. 
