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introduction for him to some of our correspond- 
ents in the University of Cambridge, and in 
other parts of England; and with great regret 
took leave of our valuable friend. 
"We found an evident difference of climate 
between this place and Grand Cairo. The dates 
were not yet ripe ; and the mercury in Fahren- 
heits thermometer, when we made our usual 
observation at noon, had fallen five degrees 
lower than it stood at Grand Cairo only four 
days before ; being at eighty-nine upon September 
the first ; and this day, September the fifth, at 
eight!/ -four. The number of English women that 
had assembled at Rosetta from the different 
ships in the fleet, and were walking daily upon 
the strand, offered a singular contrast to the 
appearance exhibited by the Arab females, in 
their passage to and from the Nile for water, 
and in the markets of the town. To these were 
also occasionally added the women of the Indian 
army, now encamped near to Rosetta, wearing 
large rings in their noses, and silver cinctures 
about their ankles and wrists; their faces, at 
the same time, being frightfully disfigured by 
red streaks, traced above the eyebrows. Each 
party of these females doubtless regarded the 
other two as so many savages; and who shall 
