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continued my route. A moment afterwards Mustapha Oukil, one 
of the chiefs of the city, passed before me on horseback. In pass- 
ing, he reproached my guides with marching before a Christian, 
and above all, before a Frenchman, and menaced them with the 
bastinado after my departure. I could not be silent under such 
an insult ; and upon my return I sent Citizen Joubert to the Pacha, 
to make my complaint, and demand a prompt redress. I declared 
to him that I expected this man would come publicly to me to ask 
my pardon, place himself at my disposal, and implore my pity. He 
found that Mustapha was greatly protected by the Pacha, and wanted 
to arrange it otherwise ; but I persisted by declaring formally to the 
Pacha, that if this reparation was not made in the manner in which 
I demanded it, I should instantly depart, and immediately write to 
Paris and Constanthiople to state my complaint. This declaration 
produced all the effect which I expected ; and Mustapha, alarmed, 
came on the following day to me, conducted by Rosetti, and he pub- 
licly asked my pardon, and put himself at my disposal. I told him 
that my first intention had been to cut off his head, and that I only 
gave him his life at the solicitations of the Pacha and M. Rosetti ; 
but if in future he should ever insult the French, or those in their 
suite, his destruction would be inevitable. This affair, which was 
instantly spread throughout the whole city, produced the best ef- 
fect. — The same day an attempt was made to excite the Albanese 
against me. Two letters from Rosetta, written by English protegees, 
declared that there had been seen upon the coasts of Natolia a French 
fleet of three hundred sail ; that we were marching against Constan- 
tinople, and that my visit to Egypt had no other object but to de- 
ceive them, and blind them to their danger. I made the merchant 
