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CHAP. Yir. 
ROSETTA TO ALEXANDRIA. 
Voyage to Aboukir — Visit to Lord Keith — Journey to 
Alexandua.-^ Arrival at the British Camp — Communi- 
cation with Lord Hutchinson — Entrance into the French 
Garrison — Wretched state of the Inhabitants — Visit 
from a party of Merchants — Discovery of the Tomb of 
Alexander — Circumstances of its removal by the French 
— Its situation upon the Author s arrival — Internal evi- 
dence of its authenticity — Other antiquities collected by 
the French — Cleopatra's Needles — Pompey's Pillar — 
Discovery of the Inscription — Sepulchral origin of the 
Column — Manner of its support — Proof that it was 
erected by the Romans — Restoration of the legend upon 
the pedestal — Events that occurred after the death of 
Pompey — Shrine constructed by Cajsar — Testimony of 
the Arabian Historians — Hadrian's monument to his 
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