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turned upon the interest which the First Consul took in Egypt, on 
his power, his glory, and on his esteem and benevolence for the 
learned Cheiks of Cairo. Their answers expressed their attach- 
ment to his person. He must have been a witness like myself to 
the enthusiasm excited at the view of the portrait of the First Consul, 
to form an idea of the exaltation of their sentiments. I have given 
it to all the principal Cheiks of Cairo, and of the towns where I have 
travelled.— "On the ^8th I invited the Cheik Omar EhBerky, Prince 
of the Shiriss; he was ill, and I saw only his son. — The Cheik 
Suleiman El-Faiume received me with much friendship, and as- 
sured me of his boundless admiration for the First Consul. — The 
Citizens Joubert and Beye have certified to me that the inhabitants 
of Cairo never testified so much attachment to France as on my 
arrival.— When we pass along the streets, every body salutes us. 
Their astrologers make predictions every day as to what concerns 
the First Consul.— On the ^9th, I went to visit Madame Murad 
Bey: her intendant had already prayed of me that I would grant 
her an interview. I informed her, that the First Consul had charged 
me to interpose my mediation, in order to make their peace with 
the Sublime Porte ; but that the Pacha had ordered that no ne- 
gociation should be entered into. — I employed that day and the 
following in visiting the citadel, the Me of Roda Gize, Boulak, and 
all the other little forts which surround the city. The Turkish 
soldiers murmured to see me visit their forts, but I feigned not to 
hear them, and continued my course and my observations. 
On the :^9th, in returning to Fort Dupuy, a soldier menaced me 
with his attagan ; but as the inhabitants of the city testified highly 
their indignation against him, I did not stop at his menaces, and 
