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have little else than the four walls, as in many other 
cities of the world, there is not a room, however small 
it may be, which has not four, six, ten or twelve win- 
dows, covered it is true by blinds, which however give 
a pretty aspect to the exterior of the house, and enough 
of light and air in the interior. This rage for windows 
is carried to an extreme; and they neglect for its sake the 
regularity of the buildings. In some streets the houses 
are not built in a straight line at the side of the street, 
but with a projecting angle, which, by doubling the sur- 
face of the front, favours the multiplication of the win- 
dows. In places where this is impracticable, they 
build a species of belvidere, projecting from the first 
story, so as to overhang the street: they make in it one, 
two, or three rows of windows, one above another, on 
all three sides. In short, the general style of architec- 
ture in Alexandria is remarkable for the great number 
of windows in the houses. 
The public markets of Alexandria are almost al- 
ways as well furnished as the best in Africa. There 
are various kinds of meat, fresh and dried fruits, vege- 
tables, herbs, fowls, game, fish in abundance; very 
good bread, eggs, and milk. The country round about 
produces nothing, being surrounded with a desert; but 
the productions of Rosetta, and all lower Egypt, the 
borders of Syria, the islands of the Archipeiago, and 
the African coast to Derna, are brought to the city, 
without interruption, in little boats; so that, in regard 
to provisions, this town has every thing that could be 
wished for. 
Notwithstanding the critical circumstances in which 
it is placed, almost without foreign commerce, on ac- 
