GENERAL STATEMENT OF CONTENTS. 
CHAP. VII. 
p. 323. 
ROSETTA TO ALEXANDRIA. 
Voyage to Aboukir — Fisit to Lord Keith — Journey to Alex- 
andria — Arrival at the British Camp — Communication 'With 
Lord Hutchinson — Entrance into the French Garrison — 
Wretched state of the Inhabitants — Visit from a party of 
Merchants — Discovery of the Tomb of Alexander — Cir- 
cumstances of its removal by the French — Its situation upon 
the Authors arrival — Internal evidence of its authenticity 
— Other antiquities collected by the French — Cleopatra'^ 
Needles — Pompey's Pillar — Discovery of the Inscription — 
Sepulchral origin of the Column — Manner of its support — 
Proof that it was erected ly the Romans — Restoration of 
the legend upon the pedestal — Events that occurred after the 
death of Pompey — Shrine constructed by Caesar — Testimony 
of the Arabian Historians — Hadrian'^ monument to his 
horse — Traditionary name of the PiUar founded on historical 
evidence — Interview with Menou — Surrender of the Rosetta 
Tablet — Intercourse between the armies — French Institute — 
Catacombs of Necropolis — Serapeum of Racotis — Of Hades 
and o/" Aram on — Cause of such elaborate sepulchres — 
Descent into theCvypice — Remarkable Symbol — Imperfect 
accounts of the Alexandrian Antiquities — Conduct of the 
Capudan Pasha. 
CHAP. VIII. 
p. 404. 
ALEXANDRIA TO COS. 
Preparations for leaving Egypt — Journey to Aboukir — Cities 
of Nicopolis, Taposiris Parva, and Conopus — Uncertainty 
of their Topography — ThonJs — Changes which have taken 
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