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Description Of Egypt: With Observations On The Expedition Of Buonaparte;
The trade of the city is much decayed since the Europeans'found out a way to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope . But many vessels are sent hither annually for Levant stuffs , spices , ostrich feathers , senna , drugs , nutmegs , & c , Near the mouth of that Western branch ofthe Nile , called by the ancients , Bolbilinum , fi miles N . E . from Alexandria , lies Rosetta .
Its harbour is good , and the town , though small , is . populous , and has a considerable trade in the cotton and linen way . But its chief business is the carriage of goods to Cairo , ail the European merchandize being brought hither from Alexandria , and carried in boats to that capital . ¦ Darnietta is the next town on the Eastern branch ofthe Nile , four
miles from the sea and about 100 miles N . of Grand Cairo . It is famous for its antiquity , and was oftentimes taken and retaken by the Turks and Christians during the Holy war . The town is large and populous , ancl is one of the keys of Egypt . Cairo , or Grand Cairo , lies on the East side of the Nile , a little above where it is divided into branches , about 120 miles S . E . from Alexandria . It is the residence ofthe Basha of Egypt , and one of the greatest cities in Africa . It is divided into four parts , which ,
with the suburbs , are supposed to be ten or twelve leagues in length , seven or eight in breadth ,, and in the whole twenty-five in circumference . It contains 6000 public , mosques , 20 , 000 houses , and a great number of squares and marketp laces . Its commerce has long been on the decline , but it still derives a good trade ' in Turkey carpets , and other manufactures . The city is not walled , but has a fine castle erected upon a rock . The water that supplies it is brought
into the town from the river by an aqueduct of 350 arches . The ruins of ancient Memphis lay a little below it . Manfoura lies upon the most Eastern branch of the Nile , 76 miles N . E . from Cairo , and is a large anl populous town . We come now to Suez , on the bank ofthe Red Sea . It is 87 miles East from Cairo , and gives . its name to the Isthmus which separates Africa
and Asia . The adjacent country is so full of sand , that the inhabitants are obliged to bring their provisions and water from other places . The number of its houses does not exceed three hundred . It has an arsenal , and castle quite antique . It was formerly the place where goods were landed from the East Indies for Europe , previous to the navigation round the Cape of Good Hope being found out . The harbour is shallow , and the ships , which come up from Jidda and Mecca , are obliged to lie at a league distance from the shore .
BUONAPARTE'S EXPEDITION . TOWARD the latter end of April last Eschasserieux , in a repprt on M . Waclstrom ' s book concerning Sierra Leone and Biilam developed the objeft of this mysterious expedition . The . reporter , ' after expressing his doubts of the policy of colonization in very remote parts , observed , that if a country should present itself near home uniting the advantages of fertility , extent , and geographical situation ' tlie government would do well to form a colony there , to f ive scope to the adhvity of the surplus of its citizens . These advantages Es-
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Description Of Egypt: With Observations On The Expedition Of Buonaparte;
The trade of the city is much decayed since the Europeans'found out a way to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope . But many vessels are sent hither annually for Levant stuffs , spices , ostrich feathers , senna , drugs , nutmegs , & c , Near the mouth of that Western branch ofthe Nile , called by the ancients , Bolbilinum , fi miles N . E . from Alexandria , lies Rosetta .
Its harbour is good , and the town , though small , is . populous , and has a considerable trade in the cotton and linen way . But its chief business is the carriage of goods to Cairo , ail the European merchandize being brought hither from Alexandria , and carried in boats to that capital . ¦ Darnietta is the next town on the Eastern branch ofthe Nile , four
miles from the sea and about 100 miles N . of Grand Cairo . It is famous for its antiquity , and was oftentimes taken and retaken by the Turks and Christians during the Holy war . The town is large and populous , ancl is one of the keys of Egypt . Cairo , or Grand Cairo , lies on the East side of the Nile , a little above where it is divided into branches , about 120 miles S . E . from Alexandria . It is the residence ofthe Basha of Egypt , and one of the greatest cities in Africa . It is divided into four parts , which ,
with the suburbs , are supposed to be ten or twelve leagues in length , seven or eight in breadth ,, and in the whole twenty-five in circumference . It contains 6000 public , mosques , 20 , 000 houses , and a great number of squares and marketp laces . Its commerce has long been on the decline , but it still derives a good trade ' in Turkey carpets , and other manufactures . The city is not walled , but has a fine castle erected upon a rock . The water that supplies it is brought
into the town from the river by an aqueduct of 350 arches . The ruins of ancient Memphis lay a little below it . Manfoura lies upon the most Eastern branch of the Nile , 76 miles N . E . from Cairo , and is a large anl populous town . We come now to Suez , on the bank ofthe Red Sea . It is 87 miles East from Cairo , and gives . its name to the Isthmus which separates Africa
and Asia . The adjacent country is so full of sand , that the inhabitants are obliged to bring their provisions and water from other places . The number of its houses does not exceed three hundred . It has an arsenal , and castle quite antique . It was formerly the place where goods were landed from the East Indies for Europe , previous to the navigation round the Cape of Good Hope being found out . The harbour is shallow , and the ships , which come up from Jidda and Mecca , are obliged to lie at a league distance from the shore .
BUONAPARTE'S EXPEDITION . TOWARD the latter end of April last Eschasserieux , in a repprt on M . Waclstrom ' s book concerning Sierra Leone and Biilam developed the objeft of this mysterious expedition . The . reporter , ' after expressing his doubts of the policy of colonization in very remote parts , observed , that if a country should present itself near home uniting the advantages of fertility , extent , and geographical situation ' tlie government would do well to form a colony there , to f ive scope to the adhvity of the surplus of its citizens . These advantages Es-