4G VOYAGE UP THE NILE, 
lleis EJfeiidi — House of ilw French Inst'uiite — Jewel 
Market — Interior of Cdiro— Jugglers — Trees — Incense 
— Gum Arabic — Plagues of Egypt — Statistics of Cairo 
— British Anny from India — Dinner given lij the 
Commander-in-chief — Discovery made by Brahmins in 
Upper Egypt — Examination of an Abyssinian con- 
cerning Bruce' s Travels — Fidelity of that Traveller's 
Observations confirmed. 
CHAP. W E left Rosetta on Monday, August the tenth, at 
' seven a. m. and called upon Captain Hilhjar, 
who had the command of some gun-boats to the 
south of the town, and whom we found stationed 
upon the river, on board one of those vessels- 
Example His late arduous services, in several engage- 
a Navli ^ ments with the enemy, were then the subject of 
<Jih«er. ^g^y general conversation. The Capudan Pasha y 
in testimony of the gratitude of the Turkish 
Government, had conferred upon him some 
trifling presents. But that m hich particularly 
excited the wonder of all his contemporaries, 
and which will convey the name of Hillyar to 
posterity, with honours more lasting than even 
those obtained by his valour and his victories, 
was the example offered by this distinguished 
officer to the navies of the world, in proving' 
the possibility of fighting the battles of his- 
