He issued orders for observing the strictest discipline, and these orders were punctually obeyed.
The mosques, the civil and religious institutions, the harems, the women, the customs of the country-all were scrupulously respected.

A few days after they entered Cairo the French were freely admitted into the shops, and were seen sociably smoking their pipes with the inhabitants, assisting them in their occupations, and playing with their children.
The day after his arrival in Cairo Bonaparte addressed to his brother Joseph the following letter, which was intercepted and printed.

Its authenticity has been doubted, but I saw Napoleon write it, and he read it to me before he sent it off.
CAIRO, 7th.

Thermidor (25th July 1798) You will see in the public papers the bulletins of the battles and conquest of Egypt, which were sufficiently contested to add another wreath to the laurels of this army.

Egypt is richer than any country in the world in coin, rice, vegetables, and cattle.