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Narrative Of The Expedition Of Buonaparte, And A Particular Account Of The Glorious Victory Of Admiral Nelson Over The French Fleet.
to flight , being struck with the greatest consternation , and almost all wounded . All their baggage , three hundred camels full y laden , and more than three hundred horses richly harnessed , fell into the hands of the captors . The capital of Egypt could offer no further resistance , and the vanquished Mussulmen were obliged to submit to the intrepid valour of Infidels . Cairo is an immense city ; it cannothoweverbear a comparison
, , with any of our European capitals . It is neither decorated b y handsome squares , by regular streets , or elegant public buildings . On the contrary , the streets are dirty , narrow , and winding ; and as they are not paved , the motley multitude of men , camels , asses , and dogs , that crowd and confuse them , keeps up filthy dust continually flying about , to which succeeds a foetid mudwhen of the inhabitants
, any attempt to sprinkle water before their doors . Contrary to the oriental customs , the houses are from two to three stories hi gh , and covered with flat roofs . Oh these terraces , which are adorned with orange and pomegranate trees , the women are accustomed to bathe , without running the risque of being overlooked , except by the public heralds
who from the top of the spiry turrets summon the people to their devotions . In Cairo there are 300 mosques , of which the greater number are embellished with spires or turrets of a light airy construction , and surrounded with galleries . They throw a very agreeable variety over a city where all the roofs are platforms . It is from thence that nearl
y 300 voices cry aloud five times a day , and at the same instant , in all the quarters of the city , to call the inhabitant ' s to the performance of their reli gious duties . The ringing of bells is held in execration among the Turks . They pretend that bells offend the ear , without ^ making an impression ' upon the heart . This opinion they derive from their Legislator , who , desirous that every thing should have end and
an object , in his system of reli gion , in older to impress at the same time the ' mind and ' senses , rejected- the use of the trumpet adopted among the Jews , the rattle of the idolaters , and the bell of the Christians , and employed the human voice , judiciously thinking that this vehicle would make a more livel y impression on the mind of man than the tinkling of brass ; and he ' had brought to him from Heaven a formula favourable to his desie-ns . ¦ °
Ihe castle of Cairo , built upon a steep and craggy rock , encompassed with thick walls supported by massy towers , was of considerable strength before the invention of gunpowder . But , as it is commanded by an adjacent mountain , it could not , even for the space of two hours , resist the fire of an ordinary battery . This castle contains the old ruinous palace of the Egyptian Sultans , ' the where is made the rich
manufactory tapestry which 1 'Hemir Ha < rp-( or the Piince of the Caravan ) brings yearly to Mecca ; ' also " the palace of the Pacha , the hall of the Divan , the mint , and the famous well of Joseph . This well , which some pretend had been made by the son of Jacob , and others b y a Vizir of the same name under the reign of Sala-Eddin , is 280 feet in-depth- , - and 22 "fn-rirciimference :
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Narrative Of The Expedition Of Buonaparte, And A Particular Account Of The Glorious Victory Of Admiral Nelson Over The French Fleet.
to flight , being struck with the greatest consternation , and almost all wounded . All their baggage , three hundred camels full y laden , and more than three hundred horses richly harnessed , fell into the hands of the captors . The capital of Egypt could offer no further resistance , and the vanquished Mussulmen were obliged to submit to the intrepid valour of Infidels . Cairo is an immense city ; it cannothoweverbear a comparison
, , with any of our European capitals . It is neither decorated b y handsome squares , by regular streets , or elegant public buildings . On the contrary , the streets are dirty , narrow , and winding ; and as they are not paved , the motley multitude of men , camels , asses , and dogs , that crowd and confuse them , keeps up filthy dust continually flying about , to which succeeds a foetid mudwhen of the inhabitants
, any attempt to sprinkle water before their doors . Contrary to the oriental customs , the houses are from two to three stories hi gh , and covered with flat roofs . Oh these terraces , which are adorned with orange and pomegranate trees , the women are accustomed to bathe , without running the risque of being overlooked , except by the public heralds
who from the top of the spiry turrets summon the people to their devotions . In Cairo there are 300 mosques , of which the greater number are embellished with spires or turrets of a light airy construction , and surrounded with galleries . They throw a very agreeable variety over a city where all the roofs are platforms . It is from thence that nearl
y 300 voices cry aloud five times a day , and at the same instant , in all the quarters of the city , to call the inhabitant ' s to the performance of their reli gious duties . The ringing of bells is held in execration among the Turks . They pretend that bells offend the ear , without ^ making an impression ' upon the heart . This opinion they derive from their Legislator , who , desirous that every thing should have end and
an object , in his system of reli gion , in older to impress at the same time the ' mind and ' senses , rejected- the use of the trumpet adopted among the Jews , the rattle of the idolaters , and the bell of the Christians , and employed the human voice , judiciously thinking that this vehicle would make a more livel y impression on the mind of man than the tinkling of brass ; and he ' had brought to him from Heaven a formula favourable to his desie-ns . ¦ °
Ihe castle of Cairo , built upon a steep and craggy rock , encompassed with thick walls supported by massy towers , was of considerable strength before the invention of gunpowder . But , as it is commanded by an adjacent mountain , it could not , even for the space of two hours , resist the fire of an ordinary battery . This castle contains the old ruinous palace of the Egyptian Sultans , ' the where is made the rich
manufactory tapestry which 1 'Hemir Ha < rp-( or the Piince of the Caravan ) brings yearly to Mecca ; ' also " the palace of the Pacha , the hall of the Divan , the mint , and the famous well of Joseph . This well , which some pretend had been made by the son of Jacob , and others b y a Vizir of the same name under the reign of Sala-Eddin , is 280 feet in-depth- , - and 22 "fn-rirciimference :