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&Etiews Of.Hew Books.
fertilized by the white and the blue Nile had submitted to his arms . He had restored the holy cities , Mecca and Medina , to the dominion of the sultan , and had brought under subjection the warlike and independent tribes of Arabia , the sands of whose desert fastnesseshad never before been trodden by the foot of a foreign invader . Even the dreaded Wahabees , the terror of whose fanatic arms extended across the Arabian peninsula from the Red Sea to the Persian ( julf ^ had been
unable to oppose any effectual resistance to his well-disciplined troops . Their great chief , Souhoud , had fallen . AD ^ Nejd , had been taken and plundered , and his son and successor , Abdallah , with all his family , had graced as captives the c onqueror' s triumph in Cairo . After all these successes in foreign and domestic Avarfare , he turned his attention to the improvement and development of his acquired dominions , and in these pursuits evinced the same energy , if not always the same sagacity , that had marked his military career .
His first object was to free the vaB of the Bedouins , on the bordering deserts and having learnt from experience the difficulty , not to say the impossibility , of incursions of their flying squadrons with his regular troops , headopted the plan of weakening them by divisions among themselvesV With this vieAv he cultivate of several of the more powerful tribes , whorn he gained over to his interest by timely donations of money , dresses of honour and land for the pasturage of their
nocks ; in return for which favours they were ready at his call to pour forth their numerous horsemen in pursuit of any ventured to make hostile incursibns into his territory . By this prudent adoptl ^ the well-known principle ' Divide At impera / he had succeeded in so fax weakening their general power , that the cultivated provinces in Egypt already enjoyed a state of comparative tranq uillity . This ohj ect once attained , he turned the energies of
his active rnlnd to the increase of his reArenue ; and not satisfied with those resources of agriculture whieh nature has indicated to be the chief , if not the only wealth of EgyptJ he already thought of rivalling at Boulak the silks of Lyons , the looms of Manchester ^ and the foundries of Birmingham ; It was while his head was full of these projects , in the prosecution of Avhich machinery of every kind was daily pouring into the country , that he received the visit of Mr . Thorpe ( an English traveller , and his party ) .
u At the time of their entrance , he was seated on a divan in the corner of the room farthest from the door , and beside him stood a middle aged man whom they rightly conjectured to be his dragoman . He rose from his seat and received them Avith the polite courtesy for which he Avas distinguished , and motioned to the ladies to take their seats on the divan . Chairs having been prepared for the gentlemen , the one the nearest to him . was of course appropriated to Mr . Thorpe . While the first compliments were being exchanged and the coffee was handed round in small
cups of enamel , studded with diamonds , they had full leisure to examine the features and appearance of the conqueror and regefierator of the land of the Pharoahs . Although beloAv the average height , his Active and firmly knit form Avas well calculated for the endurance of the fatigues and jexertions Avhich his restless mind imposed upon it . On his head he Avore a fez or cap , around which was Avounda fine cashmere shaAvl in the shape of a turban—for he had not yet adopted the tarboosh which forms at present the unsightly head dress of Turks and Egyptians . His forehead was high , bold and square in its outline , subtended by shaggy eyebrows , from beneath which peered out a pair of eyes , not large hut deep set , brighfc > and singularly expressive ; when in anger , they shot forth fiery glances which few could withstand , and when he was in a mirthful mood , they twinkled like stars reflected on the waters of the Nile . His nose was straight , with nostrils rather wide -his mouth well shaped , though somewhat broad , while beneath it a massive chin , covered by a beard slightly grizzled by age , completed a countenance
on which the character of a firm determined will was indelibly stamped . He was dressed in a pelisse lined with fur , in the front of which protruded from his cashmere belt the diamond studded hilt of a dagger . Large loose trousers , and a pair of red slippers , according to the fashion of the day , completed his costume . Miss Emily would not , however forgive me , if I omitted to mention that on the little finger of a hand , small and delicate as that of a woman , shone a diamond of great value . **
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
&Etiews Of.Hew Books.
fertilized by the white and the blue Nile had submitted to his arms . He had restored the holy cities , Mecca and Medina , to the dominion of the sultan , and had brought under subjection the warlike and independent tribes of Arabia , the sands of whose desert fastnesseshad never before been trodden by the foot of a foreign invader . Even the dreaded Wahabees , the terror of whose fanatic arms extended across the Arabian peninsula from the Red Sea to the Persian ( julf ^ had been
unable to oppose any effectual resistance to his well-disciplined troops . Their great chief , Souhoud , had fallen . AD ^ Nejd , had been taken and plundered , and his son and successor , Abdallah , with all his family , had graced as captives the c onqueror' s triumph in Cairo . After all these successes in foreign and domestic Avarfare , he turned his attention to the improvement and development of his acquired dominions , and in these pursuits evinced the same energy , if not always the same sagacity , that had marked his military career .
His first object was to free the vaB of the Bedouins , on the bordering deserts and having learnt from experience the difficulty , not to say the impossibility , of incursions of their flying squadrons with his regular troops , headopted the plan of weakening them by divisions among themselvesV With this vieAv he cultivate of several of the more powerful tribes , whorn he gained over to his interest by timely donations of money , dresses of honour and land for the pasturage of their
nocks ; in return for which favours they were ready at his call to pour forth their numerous horsemen in pursuit of any ventured to make hostile incursibns into his territory . By this prudent adoptl ^ the well-known principle ' Divide At impera / he had succeeded in so fax weakening their general power , that the cultivated provinces in Egypt already enjoyed a state of comparative tranq uillity . This ohj ect once attained , he turned the energies of
his active rnlnd to the increase of his reArenue ; and not satisfied with those resources of agriculture whieh nature has indicated to be the chief , if not the only wealth of EgyptJ he already thought of rivalling at Boulak the silks of Lyons , the looms of Manchester ^ and the foundries of Birmingham ; It was while his head was full of these projects , in the prosecution of Avhich machinery of every kind was daily pouring into the country , that he received the visit of Mr . Thorpe ( an English traveller , and his party ) .
u At the time of their entrance , he was seated on a divan in the corner of the room farthest from the door , and beside him stood a middle aged man whom they rightly conjectured to be his dragoman . He rose from his seat and received them Avith the polite courtesy for which he Avas distinguished , and motioned to the ladies to take their seats on the divan . Chairs having been prepared for the gentlemen , the one the nearest to him . was of course appropriated to Mr . Thorpe . While the first compliments were being exchanged and the coffee was handed round in small
cups of enamel , studded with diamonds , they had full leisure to examine the features and appearance of the conqueror and regefierator of the land of the Pharoahs . Although beloAv the average height , his Active and firmly knit form Avas well calculated for the endurance of the fatigues and jexertions Avhich his restless mind imposed upon it . On his head he Avore a fez or cap , around which was Avounda fine cashmere shaAvl in the shape of a turban—for he had not yet adopted the tarboosh which forms at present the unsightly head dress of Turks and Egyptians . His forehead was high , bold and square in its outline , subtended by shaggy eyebrows , from beneath which peered out a pair of eyes , not large hut deep set , brighfc > and singularly expressive ; when in anger , they shot forth fiery glances which few could withstand , and when he was in a mirthful mood , they twinkled like stars reflected on the waters of the Nile . His nose was straight , with nostrils rather wide -his mouth well shaped , though somewhat broad , while beneath it a massive chin , covered by a beard slightly grizzled by age , completed a countenance
on which the character of a firm determined will was indelibly stamped . He was dressed in a pelisse lined with fur , in the front of which protruded from his cashmere belt the diamond studded hilt of a dagger . Large loose trousers , and a pair of red slippers , according to the fashion of the day , completed his costume . Miss Emily would not , however forgive me , if I omitted to mention that on the little finger of a hand , small and delicate as that of a woman , shone a diamond of great value . **