2 ACRE. 
of Affairs in Rosetta — Price of Provisions — Ma- 
mifacture of Coffee — Curious Remains of Pointed 
Arches — Prohalle Consequence of the Interruption of 
Mecca Pilgrimage — Exhibition of the Psylli, o»' 
Serpent-Eaters, 
CHAP. 'Pjje most active preparation for sailing was 
' V ' made upon our return to the Romulus frigate. 
muius Upwards of sixty bullocks were on board, and 
^rado^^' forty more were afterwards added to the num- 
or sai mg. ^^^^ Evcry excrtiou was then made to get in 
the necessary supply of fresh water. We 
bought great part of the freight of melons from 
the Jaffa boat, to carry to the fleet off Ahouhir ; 
and a more acceptable donation can hardly be 
imagined, for almost all its supplies came from 
England: fruit and vegetables were particularly 
scarce. 
the Au- jn Quj. last visit to old Djezzar, we found his 
thor takes '^ 
leave of health visibly on the decline; but there was 
Djezzar, 
nothing he seemed more anxious to conceal 
from the knowledge of his subjects. The well- 
known fable of the dying lion was constantly 
present to his imagination; and no one better 
understood its moral application. Like the 
generality of antient fables, it is, in fact, 
strikingly applicable to the policy and manners 
