134 GRAND CAIRO. 
CHAP, is not elsewhere to be contemplated; — a pro- 
fusion of Nature, amidst her most awful priva- 
tion ; a disciplined army encamped amidst law- 
less banditti; British pavilions, and Bedouin 
tents; luxurious gardens, and baiTcn deserts; 
the pyramid and the mosque; the obelisk and the 
minaret; the sublimest monuments of human 
industry, amidst mouldering reliques of Sara- 
cenic power. 
