1800.] Egyptian Commerce. 21 juſtly eſtabliſhed, proves, what profit might be made by planta- tions of it, in which we might hope the ſame fuccels as our Arabian neighbours. I omit to mention oranges, lemons, figs, Pomgranates, and the numberleſs fruits we may obtain from ſo fertile a countty; and the corn, which is extolled beyond any in the world.

The limits of our Publication prevent‘us from dwelling long on ſuch details, which would be very extenſive; it is enough to add, that hands are not wanting; the Egyptian is la- borious, and not without genius; nothing is wanting to con- duct him towards utility, but a lictle diſcernment, and indul- gence to his ancient habits and religious opinions, which had better be deſtroyed by perſuaſion than by force.—At the peace, private intereſt will conduc to Egypt men of intelle& and of capital. While our coloniſts ſhall be eſtabliſhing manufaGures, building work-ſhops, or preparing plantations, the Vigorous arms of the Egyptians ſhall re-open the Canal of Suez, the pre- cious ſource of the ancient proſperity of their country. But, above all things, our coloniſts want patience; our impetuoſity cauſes our ſucceſs in battle; but in colonial improvements, where the firſt years are conſumed in difficulties, labour and diſguſt, our impatience often makes us abandon the fruit of our labours almofßſt at the inſtant of ſucceſs.—Let us conſider well; we poſleſs the golden gates of Eaſtern Commerce, le: us take care not to give up its keys to England.

May the dawn of the nineteenth century be favourable, and preſage the proſperity of this intereſting colony! I ſce the Ara- bian Gulf covered with the thouſand fails, which convey to the new Arſinóe* the riches of the Indus and the Ganges, the produdétions of the populous towns of China, the ſpicy coaſts of Malabar, and the‘fertile plains of Indoſtan. Egypt will be- come, in deſpight of the Engliſh, the entrepôt, where the In- dian Commerce will center. Hence, her ancient proſperity will reviſit Syria,—Heliopolis and Palmyra will again ſee the days of their ſplendour revived, and the aſtoniſhed Euphrates, will behold our daring, but dextrous ſailors, brave his perilous navigation, and maſter his waves, in diſpenſing the produQs of our induſtry throughout the Eaſt.

Far be it from us to abandon, for new projeés, our opulent poſſeſſions in the Weſt. Indies. Let us keep them, and try to re-eſtabliſh them; but alſo let us maintain our footing in Egypt, and never forget, that if by unexpe@ed conditions of peace, the Cape of Good Hepe ſhould be wrefted from our Allies, we poſ- ſeſs an eguivalent in the Iſtmus of Suez.

* ſt would ve deßrable to re-eſtabliſh the ancient denominations'of the towns,- There are ſome whoſe very name is a memorial of their paſt grandeur. A4xrfindé is as ſweet and harmonious to the ears, as Suez 1s barba- rous and ſhocking. The ſame may be faid of Sidon, corrupted into Seyde, Heliopolis into Balbeck, Tyria into Soar,&c,