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CHAP, allowance made to the common soldiers of the 
VII. 
■ -^-' . army. In the evening, we returned. It was 
quite dark, and the gates were shut ; but we 
found no difficulty in obtaining admission, by 
means of our passport. 
Saturday, September the twelfth. This day 
the flesh of horses, asses, and camels, sold, in 
the market, at a price nearly equivalent to half 
a guinea of our money, for a single rotola, equal 
to about a pound and a quarter. Mr. Hamilton 
went with us to the French head-quarters, and 
undertook to mention to Menou the result of our 
visit to Lord Hutchinson, We remained near 
the outside of the tent; and soon heard the 
French GeneraFs voice elevated as usual, and 
in strong terms of indignation remonstrating 
against the injustice of the demands made upon 
him. The words ^'^ Jamais on na pillc le monde!"" 
diverted us highly, as coming from a leader 
of plunder and devastation. He threatened to 
publish an account of the transaction in all the 
Gazettes of i^wro/je ; and, as Mr. //«7/777/07i with- 
drew, we heard him vociferate a menace of 
meeting Lord Hutchinson in single combat — 
"Nous nous verrons, de bien pres — de bien pres, je 
vous assure!'' However, Colonel, now General, 
Turnery who had arrived also in Alexandria, 
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