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CHAP, not get back again until the day was far ad- 
» y _' vanced. We passed that night upon the deck 
of the Felicite ; the cabin swarming to such a 
degree with bugs, that the table, during dinner. 
Arrival at \vas covcrcd with thcm. We set out very early, 
the Uritish • i i tit n » 
Camp. September the tenth, accompanied by Mr, Sc/iutz, 
and reached the British camp by day-break. 
The Commander-in-chief was on horseback, in- 
specting the lines. We waited in his tent until 
he returned, when he received us with his usual 
condescension and kindness. He told us that 
our friend Mr. Hamilton had also reached the 
camp that morning, and had been furnished 
with a passport to enter Alexandria. The capi- 
tulation for the surrender of that city had been 
protracted by the contumacy of the French 
General, Menou, who was unwilling to deliver 
up the Antiquities demanded by the English ; 
and his reluctance, in this respect, was conside- 
rably augmented by observing the increasing 
nature of those demands : for as the French had 
carefully concealed what they possessed, fresh 
mtelligence continually came to Lord Hutchijison 
concerning the acquisitions they had made, 
and gave rise to some new exaction on the part 
of our army. Thus finding himself likely to be 
stripped of all the Egyptian trophies with which 
he had prepared to adorn the Museum at Paris, 
