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perior Politeness of the
Caireens
Innovations in Turkish Man-
ners. Mahmood Bey.
Mahmood Effendi. Ibra-
him Pasha's French Cook.
Turkish Marksmen. Mo-
hammed Ali an excel-
lent Shot. Ibrahim Pasha's
Rifle Practice at the Water
Skins. Expedition to the
Morea. Change in his
Character
- 377
the Female Apartments.
Female Medical Prac-
titioners.
Page
- 386
- 387
Interior of the Harem. Ibra-
bim Pasha. Gradations of
Rank among the Ladies.
Female Pasha. Domestic
Police. "Aga of the Girls."
Royal Steward - Inaccuracy of of European
Ideas respecting the Con-
dition of Women in the
East. Amusements and Oc-
cupations. Billiard Tables.
The Sciences. Female
Poets
- 388
Female Archers in the Shah
of Persia's Harem. Hunt-
ing Parties. Measure of
the Waist. Education of
Children. Costume of the
Turkish and Greek Ladies.
Head-dresses
- 389
Kashmér Shawls. Yemen
Handkerchiefs. Greek and
Roman Ladies. Gynæ-
-
Black
second Manchester. Fac-
tory of Kromfish. Failure
in producing Velvet, &c.
Kromfish converted into a
Cotton Mill. Opposition
of the Turks. New Cotton
Factories in the Provinces.
Employment of
Slaves
Death of the Negroes. Model
Machinery. Manufactory
of Preparatory Instruments
in Egypt. French and
Italian Artisans. M. Ju-
mel. Honours conferred
on the Directors of the
Factories
Dishonesty of the Officers.
Insalubrity of the Occu-
pation. Miseries of the
Workmen. Ferocious Pu-
nishments
Cotton Mills set on Fire.
Desperation of the Arabs.
Immense Losses. Process
of Spinning and Weaving.
Hand Looms
409
410
- 411
Losses of the Pasha. Causes
412
413
companied by Negligence.
English Spinners. Steam
Engines
Vastness and Picturesque
Appearance of the Cotton
Mills. Number of Indi-
viduals employed.
penses
Ex.
416
- 417
Destruction of the raw Ma-
terial. Workmen supplied
by the Sheïkhs. Arrears
of Wages
Ignorant and unjust Regula-
tions of the Turks. Ludi-
crous Mode of preventing
Peculation
418
419
Hint to British Manufac-
turers. List of Factories in
Egypt
Difficulty of procuring Work-
men. Anecdote of the Im-
pressment of a Santon and
two other Vagabonds to
work in the Mills
425
a
485
487
Reception of the Turkish
Envoy at Alexandria. Mo-
hammed Ali a Master of
Dissimulation. Anecdote 486
Efforts to spare the Lives of
the Arab Soldiers. The
Sultan endeavours to en-
gage the European States
in his Quarrel
The Pasha accused of attempt-
ing to foment Rebellion in
Roumelia and Albania.
Ordered to raise the Siege
of St. Jean d'Acre. De-
mands the Pashaliks of
Saida and Damascus
488
Captures several Turkish
Vessels. Declared a Rebel.
Government of Egypt
granted to Hussein Pasha.
Resources of Mohammed
Ali miscalculated in Eu-
rope. Appeal to Turkish
Fanaticism
Tripoli in Possession of the
- 489
Arabs. Panic and Disper-
sion of the Turkish Forces 490
Destructive Fires at Constan-
tinople. Battle of Zera - 491
Defeat of the Turks. Mis-
representations at Cairo.
Insurrection. Sanguinary
Executions. Suppression
of the Revolt
Assault of St. Jean d'Acre.
Resolute Courage of Ibra-
him
- 492
493
tan. Bravery of the Be-
douin Cavalry. Deputa-
tion from Damascus. Sur-
render of the City
Battle of Homs
Ibrahim enters Hamah.
- 497
rians unfavourable to the
Sultan
Anecdote of the Egyptian
General. The Aleppines
shut their Gates against the
Turks
Deputation of the Inhabitants
to Ibrahim. Surrender of
Aleppo. Defeat of Hus-
sein Pasha
Ibrahim enters Skanderoon.
Capt. Mansel, R. N. Anec-
dote. Perils of an English
Traveller
- 502
· 503
505
506
sus. Advances to Adana.
Occupies himself in felling
Timber for his Father's
Fleet. Valuable Forests.
Egypt destitute of Timber 507
Mohammed Ali's Offers of
Reconciliation invariably
rejected by the Porte.
Defeat of the Turks in the
Defiles of Mount Taurus.
Bravery of the Arab Cavalry 508
Petition of the Inhabitants of
Kastamuni to Mohammed
Ali
Oppression of the Turkish
Government.
of the Sultan
- 509
Imbecility