{34} Mehemet Ali invited the Mamelukes to a feast, and murdered
them whilst preparing to enter the banquet hall.
{35} It is not strictly lawful to sell WHITE slaves to a
Christian.
{36} The difficulty was occasioned by the immense exertions which
the Pasha was making to collect camels for military purposes.
{37} Herodotus, in an after age, stood by with his note-book, and
got, as he thought, the exact returns of all the rations served
out.
{38} See Milman's "History of the Jews," first edition.
{39} This is an appellation not implying blame, but merit; the
"lies" which it purports to affiliate are feints and cunning
stratagems, rather than the baser kind of falsehoods. The
expression, in short, has nearly the same meaning as the English
word "Yorkshireman."
{40} The 29th of April.
{41} These are the names given by the Prophet to certain chapters
of the Koran.
{43} It was after the interview which I am talking of, and not
from the Jews themselves, that I learnt this fact.
{44} An enterprising American traveller, Mr. Everett, lately
conceived the bold project of penetrating to the University of
Oxford, and this notwithstanding that he had been in his infancy
(they begin very young those Americans) an Unitarian preacher.
Having a notion, it seems, that the ambassadorial character would
protect him from insult, he adopted the stratagem of procuring
credentials from his Government as Minister Plenipotentiary at the
Court of her Britannic Majesty; he also wore the exact costume of a
Trinitarian.
