TO THE PYRAMIDS. 75 
appointed for the purpofe, with the loudeft accla- 
mations of numbers of people. 
. The Turkiih Emperor had fern a new Bafhaw 
into Egypt, which happens almoft every year. Ali 
Tafliaw, who fix months before was grand Vizir, was 
appointed Bafliaw. He came on the evening of 
th C m* 1 ’ r ° Btdac k> a ^ ter a vo yage of ten days on 
e ^ hC ’ had been l° n g coming a fliort voy- 
, but thefe velfels have neither fails nor oars, 
on i S C L raWn with r0 P es b 7 a number of people 
an , tlle inore. At the arrival of a Bafliaw, the Beys 
ra • 0t ier °® cers In Cairo, make handfome prepa- 
Con°fnl m r ^ Ceive h5m - With thefc > the En g Ii& 
fio n ?! r * Barton and I rid out to fee the procef- 
l ac j* After . we had come out of the city and Bu- 
f 0 ’ alighted and went along the fhore on 
Ho ' , y" e . bad the Nile on our left hand, which 
a „ nad nf en to a tolerable height, fmooth, and 
grand 6 t0 be bold; and on the right, magnificent 
each tCntS ° f the Beys and other Sendees - before 
fi gur a fine 'bnmination of lamps in different 
a Yom’ h T? llg - up0n C01xk 1 wenc Into the tent of 
ta ini p ng bey, in which was a room capable of con- 
fide g tWo hundred perfons; the whole of the in- 
th e ? vered with fine cloth of gold, with foffas of 
earth me klnd ’ and fine Indian car peting on the 
Prince t lna g n ‘b cenc e much more becoming a 
bo Us i ’ Jban a. perfon who fome years ago was 
to °‘ fifty or ltxty piafters, whofe bufinefs was 
^baccQ 11 • b tiees ’ P our out coffee, and light the 
mannp- pip e for one who had rifen in the fame 
* ! *■ to honour i n ~ .■»_ i~> 
l 'a n R 
This is the rife of the ] ; >v 
ij vi nit jv'y U* 
fels 0n f, ents b T be Bafliaw had landed with hisvef- 
Where j p - er i,de of the river, oppofite the tents, 
m °ruina k i Ul> ° Ter ni§ht in his ve ffel. The next 
o i^e came over, and was received on the 
fhore 
