REACHES CAIRO* 
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ceeded to Paris, where be was introduced to some 
of the most eminent literary characters of the Na- 
tional Institute, who received him with great at- 
tention, and zealously promoted his views. From 
Paris, Mr Horneman proceeded to Marseilles^ 
where he embarked in a Cyprus trader, and, after 
a voyage of twenty days, arrived, on August 31st^ 
at Lernica in Cyprus. From Lernica he passed 
to the bay of Caroube, where he arrived on Sep- 
tember 10th. At Alexandria, he resided ten days 
in the house of the English consul, the greater 
part of which was employed in mineralogical re- 
searches in its vicinity. In one of the convents, 
he met, by uncommon good fortune, an aged 
monk, a native of Germany, who spoke Arabic 
more fluently than his native language, and who 
was going immediately to Cairo, where he intend- 
ed to reside for some months. In company with 
this friendly monk, he proceeded to Cairo to wait 
for the departure of the Cassina caravan, and ar- 
rived on September !27th. He spent some months 
in acquiring the language of the Mograbins, or 
Western Arabs, and was then detained some time 
longer by the breaking out of the plague. Last- 
ly, when he was on the point of departing, news 
arrived that the French, under Buonaparte, had 
landed at Alexandria. All Europeans were then 
seized and confined in the castle, chiefly to save 
them, from the fury of the populace. They con- 
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