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THE

MODERN HISTORY AND CONDITION

OF

EGYPT,

ITS CLIMATE, DISEASES, AND CAPABILITIES;

EXHIBITED IN A

PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN THAT COUNTRY:

WITH

AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF

MOHAMMED ALI PASCHA,

FROM 1801 To 1843;

INTERSPERSED

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCRIPTURE HISTORY,

THE FULFILMENT OF PROPHECY,

AND

THE PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION IN THE EAST.

BY

WILLIAM HOLT YATES, M.D.

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS IN LONDON, GRADUATE OF THE
UNIVERSITIES OF CAMBRIDGE AND EDINBURGH, SENIOR PHYSICIAN TO
THE GENERAL DISPENSARY, MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC
SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN, PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL
MEDICAL AND ROYAL PHYSICAL SOCIETIES

OF EDINBURGH, etc.

"L'univers est un gros livre dont celui qui n'a jamais voyagé, ressemble
à quelqu'un qui n'a lu que la première page."

IN TWO VOLUMES, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOL. II.

LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL.

1843.

Wb166/1723

London:

Printed by STEWART and MURRAY,

Old Bailey.

The government of Egypt under Mohammed Ali-Habbeb Effendi and

and the magistracy-State etiquette-The "Nummud"-Salutations-

Punishments-The bastinado - The provincial rulers Presents-

Illustrations of Scripture The intercourse of rich and poor-The

baneful effects of education without religion - The tax-gatherer, the

Cadi, and the Fellah-The Porte and the Pascha of Acria-The Vice-

roy's pretext for invading Palestine-Treachery and incendiarism—

The propaganda fidei Monks, &c.

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CHAPTER II.

The intellectual condition of Egypt - "The learned professions:"

theologians - The Ottoman ministry - Mohammed Ali's jurisdiction

in Syria - The Sultan and the mountaineers: - - In what way the

country may be civilized: its climate, diseases, and resources - The

Jews their language, character, and attributes: their condition in

the Levant, and recent persecutions :-Interposition of the European

: