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bottles of brandy. He was highly pleased with both, declared the 
latter excellent, and gave my Arab servant twenty-five piastres. 
My cook-boat had leaked ; the Kacheef oflFered me another; but as 
the leak was stopped, I did not like to lose time. We were in 
motion about five, and sailed all night with a fair wind. 
March I^. — The wind continued fair and fresh all day. We 
passed rapidly through a country generally in a high state of cul- 
tivation, and crowded with villages, but which afforded no variety 
of scene. We landed occasionally when the windings of the river 
made the wind adverse, and tracking necessary. We entered the 
villages without the smallest fear, and uniformly met with a civil 
reception from the inhabitants, who seemed to be wretchedly lodged, 
and to take care to have no visible property. We did not stop to 
view Rahmanie, celebrated by the engagement between the French 
and English, but hastened on to Rosetta, where we arrived at ten, 
and were most hospitably received by Mr. Petrucci, the British 
Vice Consul. 
March 13. — In the morning Mr. Rosetti, who acts as Consul 
General for the Emperors of Russia and Germany, paid me a visit. 
He is now very old, having acted a considerable part in the revolu- 
tions which have taken place from the time of Ali Bey till the 
arrival of the French. His figure is dignified, and his faculties 
still unimpaired. He has several monopolies for the government, 
and still carries on a more extensive trade than any other person. 
After the usual compliments, and my having returned him thanks 
for the invaluable assistance he had afforded me by sending Mr. 
Thomaso to Suez, and permitting him to acccompany me to Rosetta, 
he inquired of me if I had known Mr. Bruce, which immediately 
