VII. 
336 ALEXANDRIA. 
CHAP, directed their regard towards it, by counte- 
nancing the opinion and testimony of Freinshe- 
mius\ So eager were they to obtain it, that 
the most solemn treaty was infringed, whereby 
they had guarantied to the Moslems the inviola- 
ble possession of their sanctuaries. The Mosque 
of St. Athanasius was forcibly entered by a party 
of their pioneers, with battle-axes and ham- 
mers; and the "Tomb of Iscaxder, fouxder 
OF THE CITY," was boriic away, amidst the 
howling and lamentations of its votaries ■. But 
we must turn our attention, at present, from the 
circumstances of its removal by the French, to 
pursue a narrative of events which ultimately 
placed in our possession a trophy, still destined, 
in their sanguine expectations, to grace their 
national Museum\ At the moment of our arrival 
(0 Rollin. vol. v. p. 137. 
(2) See also the commuuication made to Dr. Henlry, by General 
Turner, respecting the last instance of devotion paid to the Tomb by 
many Moslems of distinction, at its departure from Alexandria. 
Append, to Tomb of Alex. No. II. p. 144. 
(3) Perhaps few of our countrymen have yet attended to the lan- 
guage they hold upon this subject. The following extract from an 
account of the French Expedition to Egypt, by Charles Norry, archi- 
tect, one of the members of tho " Societe Philotechnique," attached 
to the Expedition, will oflfer a spt'cimen of the hopes entertained in 
France for the recovery of this valuable monument. " Sans doute 
CE MoNL'MEST NOUS SERA APPORTE AU MfSEUM DE PaRIS ! AU MGINS 
EST-iL DEJA uEsiGNE POUR l'orner t'N jour" ! ! I See Peltier's edit, of 
Denon's Voyage in Egypt, torn. II. Aj^end. p. 129. Lond. 1802. 
