TO GRAND CAIRO. .^S 
the village of Foua^ falsely marked as a town chap. 
in all the maps. Soon afterwards, we steered . 
south-east, and passed that village. It is op- 
posite to Rachmanie, now celebrated as the scene 
of action between our troops and those of the 
enemy under General Le Grange. This officer 
was raised by Buoymparte from the ranks : high 
respect is due to him for his conduct upon many 
occasions ; but, in particular, for his subsequent 
humane and exemplary treatment of the wife of 
one of our commanders in the JVest Indies, who 
became his prisoner while her huband was en- 
gaged with him in the warmest hostilities. If 
it be a Christian duty to love our enemies, it is 
surely incumbent upon every Englishman to 
oherish the memory of actions which thus exalt 
the character of a soldier to that of a hero. — 
The English flag was flying upon the castle of the 
fortress oi Rachmanie ; and a party of our troops 
was stationed there, to guard the town. We 
*poke to some Irish soldiers, asking them the 
hour ; and were much amused by the reply : 
*'To be sure, at sun-set is it not half past four ?' 
smell of it was like that of an unwholesome pool, and its surface be- 
came partly covered with a green slime. By attentively observing it 
about this time, a number of little whirlpools, not more than an inch 
in diameter, might be occasionally noticed, suddenly becoming visible, 
and as suddenly disappearing. Tlie Arabs pointed to these, as the 
earliest indications of the coming torrent. 
