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the British camp. A Chiaoux, or constable of chap. 
the Turkish army, rode with us from the gates. . 
This man expressed great indignation that the 
French were permitted to capitulate for the sur- 
render of the place : he said it was very evident 
that the Djowrs (Infidels) were all acting in con- 
cert with each other, and that their apparent 
enmity was a mere device to deceive the Turks. 
Being asked what the Turks would have done, 
if the whole management had been left to them ; 
he answered, " fVe should have cut off' all their 
heads, to be conveyed to the Grand Signior ; or have 
stripped them naked, and turned them into the De- 
sert.'' In our way through the British camp, we 
called upon Lord Hutchinson, and endeavoured 
to express our gratitude for his unceasing pa- 
tronage, from the moment of our first arrival in 
Egypt, bestowed in the midst of his more im- 
portant avocations ; and we hope that this now 
disinterested memorial may prove that his Lord- 
ship's kindness has not been forgotten. We 
then visited a few other friends, who were 
rejoicing in the prospect of a speedy termina- 
tion to one of the severest campaigns which 
British soldiers are likely to encounter — a termi- 
nation, too, that covered them with glory. The 
number of the enemy expelled by our army 
from Egi/pt, after all the losses he had sus- 
