324 FROM ROSETTA 
liorse — Traditionary name of the Pillar foimded on 
historical evidence — Interview ivith Menou — Surrender 
of the Rosetta Tablet — Intercourse between the armies 
' — V\Q\\c\\ Institute — Ca/ocow^5 o/'Necropolis — Serapeum 
of Racotis — Of Hades and of Ammon — Cause of such 
elaborate sepulchres — Descent into the Cryptae — Re- 
onarkable Symbol — Imperfect accounts of the Alexan- 
drian Antiquities — Conduct of the Capudan Pasha. 
CHAP. 
VII. 
ILarly on the morning of September the eighth, 
we got once more under weigh, in a large djerm. 
Voyage to having all our Egyptian collection of antiquities 
on board; and saw the beautiful prospect of 
Rosetta disappear, as we sailed between the Isle 
of Sarshes^ and the Delta. We had little 
wind, but it was favourable ; and as we passed 
the fearful bar at the mouth of the Nile, there 
was not the smallest surf. A small isle at the 
entrance of the river was entirely covered with 
pelicans. About half way between the boccaze 
and the fleet, we observed a salute from all the 
Turkish ships at anchor ; in honour, as it was 
said, of some Moslem festival. The mud of the 
immense torrent now pouring* into the Mediter- 
ranean, at the highest period of the Nile's inun- 
dation, extended over the surface of this part of 
(l) See the Mcq' facing p. 290 of the Second Volume of these 
Travels, 4to. edit. 
