. The redemption of Egypt. him to know that Alex-andria is the commercial centre of Egypt, that its Europeanpopulation—mainly consisting of Greeks and Italians—is greaterthan that of Cairo, that the Appeal Court of the TribunauxMixtes sit here, that it is the headquarters of the BritishChamber of Commerce, and that its seaside suburb, Ramleh,is almost as British as Brighton. Where, he asks, is the Pharos,the Museum, the Library, Cleopatras Palace, the harbour inwhich Caisar swam, holding his manuscript above his head. ALEXANDRIA 19 the Serapeuui, the Simgate and the Moongate, the Mole sevenfur
. The redemption of Egypt. him to know that Alex-andria is the commercial centre of Egypt, that its Europeanpopulation—mainly consisting of Greeks and Italians—is greaterthan that of Cairo, that the Appeal Court of the TribunauxMixtes sit here, that it is the headquarters of the BritishChamber of Commerce, and that its seaside suburb, Ramleh,is almost as British as Brighton. Where, he asks, is the Pharos,the Museum, the Library, Cleopatras Palace, the harbour inwhich Caisar swam, holding his manuscript above his head. ALEXANDRIA 19 the Serapeuui, the Simgate and the Moongate, the Mole sevenfurlongs long that joined the island of Pharos to the mainland,and separated the waters of the eastern and western harbours,and the lake harbour, Avhere the Nile boats lay that rivalled innumbers and size the sea-going galleys and corn-ships thatcrowded the docks beneath the shadow of the Pharos ? It is some time before he realizes that in this very Khedivialhotel he is in the centre of the Ptolemaic city. A stones throw. Headquarters of the Army of Occupation. from the hotel door are the sites of the Museum, the Library,and the Gymnasium. The Hue de Rosette, where he read thelegend, Headquarters—Army of Occupation, in uncom^jromisingEnglish, is the actual line of the great Canopic street which ranfor three miles, traversing the town from west to east. On theshore of the now disused new harbour, making due allowancefor the encroachments of the land, he distinguishes the pointsseverally occupied by the Timoneum of Antony, the theatre. 20 THE REDEMPTION OF EGYPT the headland of Lochias, crowned by the palace of the Ptolemies,with the Temple of Artemis hard by. He follows the Bue deRosette Avestwards to the point where it is crossed by the Ruede la Colonne, and passing southwards he finds himself within tenminutes where the widowed column—the sole remnant of theancient city—stands sentinel above the ruins of the he makes his Strabo fit the Alexandria of t
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