CHAP. 
ROSETTA. 
Camachuia — Thehan Stone — Paintings commemorated 
vpon Gems — Notice of a Picture hj Zeiixis — Siilstances 
used for the Signets of Cyprus — their most ontientform. 
lAi'- T T 
I- U PON the first of Majj, we returned to the 
Uetuiu to fleet for our baggage, and took this opportunity 
tllG Fleet. 
to examine the Isle oi Behier\ or, as it is now 
fdand? called, " Nelsons Island:' We procured here 
about half a bushel of the bulbs of a very- 
superb species of lily, with which the whole 
island was covered. Heaps of human bodies, 
cast up after '' the Action of the iVzVe," as it 
has been rather improperly termed", and not 
having been exposed to the devouring jackals, 
still presented upon the shore a revolting spec- 
tacle. Captain Clarke, who was with us, 
employed the crew of his cutter in burying 
their remains ; and we were proud to aid their 
Autiqui. pious labour. Small as this island is, it yet 
contains some very remarkable antiquities. 
We observed the paved floors of buildings, 
with part of their superstructure, and some 
arched chambers lined with stucco, stretching 
out from the island towards Abouldr, Other 
ties 
(!) Or, Abouhir. 
(2) Even the Rosetlu branch of the Nile is at such a considerable 
distance to the East oi Ahoukir ^z\ , which «as the real scene of 
action, that to call it the Action of the Nile is not less absurd than to 
uaine the Battle of Trafalgar the Action of Tangkrs. 
