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Narrative Of The Expedition Of Buonaparte.
NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION OF BUONAPARTE .
r CONTINUED . 3 T 5 UONAPARTE did not make himself master of Egypt before the -D end of summer . He found at Suez but a few vessels , and those in bad condition . The monsoon being against him at the autumnal equinox , he found that he had not time to caulk those vessels , or to put to seatie immediatelabandoned his plan of going to India
. y , and his army began to consider itself as fixed in Egypt .. The loss of his fleet ensued , " aud this was followed by the declaration of war on the part of Turkey , their threats of invasion , & c . The French finding themselves thus shut up , immediately turned their thoughts to defending themselves and their conquests . - The month of August was rather severeon account of the extreme heatthe calms , and
, , the exhalations which followed the retreat of the Nile ; but in the mouth of September , the'land was covered with trefoil . Milk , beer , flesh , fish , and vegetables , were all abundant . The army recovered from its fatigues . It is about to pass the winter , and inure itself to the climate . In the mean time Buonaparte is ever vigilant . Devotiner himself to the administration of this important conquest , he
descends to Damietta and Rosetta , and puts the coastin a state of de fence at every point . Pie orders the necessary forts on the confines ofthe desart near Suez , and in ' the Higher Egypt . He keeps his troops in exercise , raises recruits in the country , and makes use rather of art than of force to form a party amongst ' the natives . He avails himself of the distinctions , civil and religious , to attach to him the
Cophtis , the Bedouins , and the peasantry . He flatters their self-love by adopting several of their customs , in order that they may more easily accommodate themselves to his . He found them melancholy , choleric , and fretful , through the influence of tyranny . He has rendered them gay , good , and amiable , by the means of games , feasts , and music . He turns the most useful labours into amusement , and repairs the highways , the bridges , and the canals . He found the peasants slaves , and he has endowed them with property . The
Grand Seignior inherited every succession . Buonaparte has consecrated the rig ht of inheritance in every family ; he bestows on every child an equal share , and suddenly , but without a shock , he has ameliorated the condition of the women , by g iving them an equal portion ofthe descending property , with a rig ht to dispose of it at will . He marries his soldiers to the women of the country , prohibits all andin word is
premature marriages , lays restraints on polygamy , , a , founding in Africa a new civil code . By'his ceconomy and foresight , he is reviving the manufactures ' of the country . He has prohibitec the ruinous and absurd luxury of Russian troops , and of Cachemenian shawls . He has called upon the neutral provinces , and procured from them , by way of exchange , the iron , the copper , and the wood of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Narrative Of The Expedition Of Buonaparte.
NARRATIVE OF THE EXPEDITION OF BUONAPARTE .
r CONTINUED . 3 T 5 UONAPARTE did not make himself master of Egypt before the -D end of summer . He found at Suez but a few vessels , and those in bad condition . The monsoon being against him at the autumnal equinox , he found that he had not time to caulk those vessels , or to put to seatie immediatelabandoned his plan of going to India
. y , and his army began to consider itself as fixed in Egypt .. The loss of his fleet ensued , " aud this was followed by the declaration of war on the part of Turkey , their threats of invasion , & c . The French finding themselves thus shut up , immediately turned their thoughts to defending themselves and their conquests . - The month of August was rather severeon account of the extreme heatthe calms , and
, , the exhalations which followed the retreat of the Nile ; but in the mouth of September , the'land was covered with trefoil . Milk , beer , flesh , fish , and vegetables , were all abundant . The army recovered from its fatigues . It is about to pass the winter , and inure itself to the climate . In the mean time Buonaparte is ever vigilant . Devotiner himself to the administration of this important conquest , he
descends to Damietta and Rosetta , and puts the coastin a state of de fence at every point . Pie orders the necessary forts on the confines ofthe desart near Suez , and in ' the Higher Egypt . He keeps his troops in exercise , raises recruits in the country , and makes use rather of art than of force to form a party amongst ' the natives . He avails himself of the distinctions , civil and religious , to attach to him the
Cophtis , the Bedouins , and the peasantry . He flatters their self-love by adopting several of their customs , in order that they may more easily accommodate themselves to his . He found them melancholy , choleric , and fretful , through the influence of tyranny . He has rendered them gay , good , and amiable , by the means of games , feasts , and music . He turns the most useful labours into amusement , and repairs the highways , the bridges , and the canals . He found the peasants slaves , and he has endowed them with property . The
Grand Seignior inherited every succession . Buonaparte has consecrated the rig ht of inheritance in every family ; he bestows on every child an equal share , and suddenly , but without a shock , he has ameliorated the condition of the women , by g iving them an equal portion ofthe descending property , with a rig ht to dispose of it at will . He marries his soldiers to the women of the country , prohibits all andin word is
premature marriages , lays restraints on polygamy , , a , founding in Africa a new civil code . By'his ceconomy and foresight , he is reviving the manufactures ' of the country . He has prohibitec the ruinous and absurd luxury of Russian troops , and of Cachemenian shawls . He has called upon the neutral provinces , and procured from them , by way of exchange , the iron , the copper , and the wood of