470 STRICTURES ON SEBASTIANI'S ACCOUNT. 
was attached to the French, nor were any of his brethren, except 
Schech Soohmaun-el-Faiume. Sebastian! sent to this man to say 
he would pay him a visit ; but the Schech, terrified lest the govern- 
ment should consider him as a friend of the French, sent to Mr. 
Rosetti to conjure him to induce the Colonel to keep away. So 
much for " the enthusiasm excited among the Schechs by the view 
of the portrait of the First Consul ! " The account of the insult offered 
to him at Cairo, is equally false and ridiculous. Sebastiani was 
riding through the streets, with a Ghaous of the Pacha before him, 
when he was met by Mustapha Aga, Akil, or Agent of the Porte in 
Egypt (procureur de la Porte). This man reproached the Cliaous 
for being such a wretch as to ride before a Frenchman, who had 
brought so many evils on his country ; not, as Sebastiani says, for 
marching before a Christian ; and made his people beat the Chaous. 
Sebastiani instantly returned to the house of Mr. Rosetti, who was 
absent at Boulac, and sent, in the most pressing terms, to desire him 
to come to town. Rosetti, on his arrival, found Sebastiani pale as 
death, and excessively alarmed. He told Rosetti how he had been 
insulted, and said that he suspected it was a plan of the English to 
have him assassinated. He was therefore determined to depart in- 
stantly, and that he had sent to the Pacha to inform him of what 
had happened, but to declare that he did not wish any steps to be 
taken on the occasion. Rosetti blamed him for this, and said it was 
a business that ought not to be passed over: that Mustapha was a 
friend of his, and he would settle the business. Sebastiani still he- 
sitated, and said that he feared the consequences. At length it was 
left to Rosetti, who saw the Pacha and Mustapha : it was agreed 
that the latter should make an apology to the Colonel, who was to 
