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those whom I entertained, protestations of attachment to the First 
Consul. 1 passed the next day at Ralimanie, where I visited the 
Cheik Muhammed Abou-Aly ; the fort of the town is almost en- 
tirely destroyed. I visited on the 55th, at Menouf, the Cheik 
Abdin, whom the First Consul had appointed Cadi. The other 
Cheiks of that town who came to visit me, held the same language 
as those of Faone. I said to them, ' The First Consul loves your 
country much, he speaks of it often ; he interests himself in your 
happiness ; he did not forget you, and recommended you to the 
Porte. He has made peace with Europe, and this country will feel 
the interest which he takes, and the recollection which he has pre- 
served of the poor Cheiks of Egypt.'— -Muhammed Kachef-Zourba 
Matzellem, who commanded at Menouf on my journey through 
that town, has been beheaded inconsequence of being accused of 
communications with the Mamelouks. The two forts of Menouf 
are destroyed. I arrived the same day at Boulak. I sent immedi- 
ately Citizen Joubert to inform the Pacha of Cairo of my arrival. 
The next morning, the 56th, the Pacha sent three hundred cavalry 
and two hundred infantry, commanded by the principal officers of 
his household, to accompany me to him, amidst a great many dis- 
charges of artillery. Having arrived at the Pacha's, I said to him, 
' Peace has been concluded between the French Republic and the 
Sublime Porte : the ancient relations of amity and commerce have 
been re-established, and I am charged by the Great Consul Bona- 
parte, to assure you of his benevolence, and to announce to you 
the arrival of commissaries of the French commerce in Egypt.' 
The Pacha answered me, ' the benevolence with which the First 
Consul has honoured me, penetrates me with gratitude, and his 
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