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COMPENDIUM OF THE CONTENTS

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Voyage to Alexandria-Valetta, its harbours and fortifications-Climate
and disease-Classical and Historical associations-Currents, winds,
and Ports of the Mediterranean Steam navigation - Wonders of
the deep-Maltese sailors-Mamlûk coast-Brilliancy of the Moon
and Planets-Ancient Libya-Arab pilots-Arrival at Alexandria,
&c.

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Alexandria, Egypt's stronghold - Lord Nelson's pilot-Levantine
costume Mohammedan notions of Physicians, and doctrines of
benevolence Miracle-mongers and Sorcerers Talismans and
charms-The casting out of devils - The soil and its produce —
Desolation of the church-St. Mark and the Patriarchs-Egyptian
literature-Egypt and Holy Writ-Interior of Alexandria-Site
and extent of the Old Town-Cleopatra's Baths-Pompey's Pillar—
The ancient Library and Schools-Cleopatra's Needles, &c. 58

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Journey across the Desert from Alexandria to Rosetta-The Arab cha-
racter-The Khan of the Wilderness-The graves of Aboukir-Lake

Campaign of 1801

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Ibrahim Pascha's letter to his General Suleyman Pascha before
the taking of Beyrout

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Mohammed Ali's reply to the European Consuls in 1838,
relative to his disagreement with the Sultan Mahmoud

The correspondence which took place with Mohammed Ali,

after the death of the Sultan Mahmoud

Letter of the Grand Vizier Khosrew Pascha to the Viceroy

of Egypt

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INDEX.

A.

Aaron, High Priest of the Jews, ii.
287

Ababdêh Arabs; their physiognomy,
habits, character, and pursuits, ii.
402, 440

Desert, ii. 438

Abbas or Cloak of the Bedoueens, ii.

325

Abbott, J. Esq. (the late) formerly
H.B.M. Consul-general in Syria, ii.
48, 634.

Abdallah Pascha of Acria, his charac-

ter and nomination, i. 421, 623; ii.
17, 182, 624:-the Porte and, ii. 18,
29:- Mohammed Ali's pretext for
waging war with, ii. 19
Abd'allatif, writings of the Physician,
ii. 266, 304, 536

Abd'erachman Bey, his persecutions
and cruelties, ii. 123
Abel Mizraim, ii. 327
Abercrombie, General Sir Ralph, his

death and burial, i. 111,141, 257:-
his Tomb, i. 142; ii. 596
Abimelech, Lord of Gerar, the Phoni-
cian governor, ii. 285

Aboo Degg'n, or Père de Barbe (see
Dr. Dussap), i. 302; ii. 474, 580,
581

Halil, a term of endearment con-
ferred on Ibrahim Pascha, by his
veterans, ii. 173, 174

--'l-Haoûn, the "Father of the
Column," ii. 305

--'l-Hol, the " Father of Terrors,"
ii. 305

Hor in Nubia, the hamlets and
gardens in the district of, ii. 455, 492
Mandoor, the kiosk and tele-
graph of, i. 187; ii. 597

Youssouff Nom (see Bonomi), ii.
405, 435

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Aboo Simbal, or Ypsambal, in Nubia,
ii. 463:-supposed town of, ii. 468:
- accumulation of sand at, ii. 463:
-excavated Temple of Osiris at, ii.
463-Temple of Isis at, ii. 467 : —
ancient paintings at, ii. 465
468

Zabel, near Cairo, the Military
Hospital and School f Medicine, at
(see Government Schools), ii. 581 to
583
Aborigines, melancholy neglect and
persecution of, ii. 360

Aboukir Bay, survey of, i. 53, 112,

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146, 147, 153, 158; ii. 590:- wreck
of the "Culloden," the French ad-
miral's ship L'Orient," and the
Foudroyant," at, i. 147
Aboukir, plains, village, and castle of,
i. 141, 146, 257 :-bleaching skele-
tons of, ii. 142, 149

Abousir, survey of the coast of (see
"Arab's Tower"), i. 38:- village,
catacombs, and mummy-pits of, ii.
310, 311

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or High-Rock" in Nubia (see
Apsir).

Aboutj, town of, ii. 386
Abraham the Patriarch; his sojourn
in Egypt, ii. 308, 566, 606: - his
covenant with Abimelech, the Pho-
nician governor, ii. 285, 286: - his
resignation and trials, ii. 429
Absolute Rulers, their administration
of justice; their condition impar-
tially considered (see Kings), ii. 54,
612, 616

Abstinence essential in hot countries,
i. 208

Abydos, or This; ancient site of, ii.
389-Palace of Memnon at, ii. 389,
566--Temples and paintings at, ii.
390, 391, 419: Tomb and sculp-
tured sarcophagus of, ii. 390:-sup-

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