"CITIZEN GENERAL,--The leopard can no more change his spots than the honest man can go against his conscience. "I therefore send you treasure estimated at nearly two millions (of francs) that I have just discovered. "If I am killed, or if I die of melancholy here, remember that I am a poor man and that I leave a wife and child behind me in France. "With friendly greetings, A. DUMAS." This letter, which was officially printed among the correspondence of the Egyptian Army, produced a very great effect when certain accusations were being raised against several chief officers. It was reproduced in the New York and Philadelphian papers, and became known throughout that growing Republic. Fifty years later, when called to Holland to attend the coronation of its young king, the United States ambassador at The Hague, the Hon. M. d'Areysas, repeated it to me word for word. [Footnote 1: We must explain that, the word being apparently illegible, the English could not print it, so we are left to wonder what the important thing could be that General Dupuis had the misfortune to lose.] bound for Syria [Footnote 2: Some editions read "l'eau du ciel" for "l'eau du Nil."] [Footnote 3: 14th Thermidor (1st August).] CHAPTER V Revolt at Cairo--My father enters the Grand Mosque on horseback--His home-sickness--He leaves Egypt and lands at Naples--Ferdinand and Caroline of Naples--Emma Lyon and Nelson--Ferdinand's manifesto--Comments of his minister, Belmonte-Pignatelli. The want of money, complained of by Bonaparte, was being felt increasingly. There seemed to be no means of paying the troops without having recourse to advances, a miserable method, sure to call to mind the thievish tricks of the famous Mamelukes which the French had ostensibly come to put down. So that remedy was not available. In this embarrassment, Poussielgue, Comptroller-General of Finances, suggested to the general-in-chief to establish the right of registration on all concessions of properties made since their arrival in Egypt, or upon all future concessions. All these concessions were of a temporary character, and could be withdrawn or renewed according to the wish of the commanding general, therefore the scheme was of inestimable value. This fiscal method was hitherto unknown in the East, where it was looked upon as only another form of lending money; and as it was prejudicial to the interests of the great Turkish or Arabian concessionaires, most of whom lived in Cairo, it turned that capital into a hotbed of revolt.