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more remote, the Pyramids of Djha and Sac- chap. 
c-ara; and, beyond these, the great Libyan . ^^^' , 
Desert, extendmg to the utmost verge of the 
visible horizon; a vast ocean of sand. 
North West, and North. 
The green plains of the Delta occupy all the 
distant perspective in this direction, like so 
many islands, covered with groves and gardens, 
and adorned with white edifices; among these 
the djerms, the canjas, and other beautiful boats 
of the Nile, are seen sailing. 
North East, 
The whole City of Cairo, extending from the 
North towards the North East, and surrounded, 
in the latter direction, by heaps of sand. Im- 
mediately beneath the spectator is seen a grand 
and gloomy structure, called The Mosque of 
Sultan Hassan, standing close to one of two 
lakes, which appear among the crowded build- 
ings of the city. 
Such is the surprising and highly diversified 
view from the Citadel of Grand Cairo. It will 
not be too much to affirm of this extraordinary 
prospect, that a scene more powerfully affecting 
the mind, by the singularity of its association, 
