I was hospitably entertained by the British consul, or agent, as he is there styled. He is the employé of the East India Company, and not of the Home Government. Napoleon during his stay of five days at Suez had been the guest of the consul's father, and I was told that the divan in my apartment had been the bed of the great commander.

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