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in Alexandria, and a srroom to assist us in takino: chap. 
° . ^ VII. 
care of them. After this, we had an opportunity v .y ,/ 
of witnessing- the sort of fare which the Com- 
mander-in-chief of a British army, who had so 
liberally provided for others, allowed for his 
own use. He gave us a general invitation to his 
table ; adding, " If you have appetite enough to 
dine with a soldier, you will this day have 
something more than usually substantial." The 
dinner was served in his tent, and we sat down : 
it consisted of the remaining half of a cold pie, 
made by one of the privates the day before, con- 
taining some lumps of meat encased in a durable 
crust above an inch thick, of the coarsest 
flour : a surprising contrast to the magnificent 
entertainment we had experienced with the 
Anglo-Indian army in the Isle of Rhonda. Some 
of the officers informed us that such was his 
daily diet ; and that it rarely differed from the 
It is thus preserved by Colonel Inquire: 
IMP • CAESARI 
L . SEPTIMIO • SEVERO • PERTINACI 
AUG • PONTIF • MAX • TRIB • POT • II 
IMP • III • cos • II • PROCOS • P • P • 
VETERANI • LEG • II • TR • FORT • MISSI 
HONESTA- MISSIONE • QUI • MILITARE 
COEPERUNT • APRONIANO- ET • PAVLO 
QVIBVSETPERPETVAM 
