VI. 
322 ROSETTA. 
CHAP, exertion to prosecute our expedition to Alex- 
andria, we were detained three days in prepar- 
ing and packing cases, containing the collection 
we had made, and in procuring another djerm 
to convey them to the fleet ; the boat in which 
we came having been pressed for the service of 
the army, as soon as it arrived. 
as in all Turkish towns, narrow. At this time it is but thinly inha- 
bited, although trade (now the ports of Egypt are relieved from a 
blockade) seems about to revive : the shops are well stocked with 
provisions of all kinds. Wild fowl maybe had in abundance. It may 
easily be conceived thattthe eye would revel in a prospect so refresh- 
ing as the Delta, (after contemplating the sandy deserts of Aboukir, 
and the neighbourhood of jllexandria,) forming So delightful a con- 
trast by its verdure and cultivation. Of late years, the desert has 
encroaclied, even here, considerably on the town ; and the west 
side of Ilosetta is completely skirted by sand hills." Squire's 31S. 
Journal. 
