Egypt, now an independent and improving kingdom, appears, under the enterprising rule of Mahommed Ali, likely to revenge its former oppression upon the decrepit power of the Turkish empire .-- M .-- This note was written in 1838.

The future destiny of Egypt is an important problem, only to be solved by time.

This observation will also apply to the new French colony in Algiers .-- M.

1845.] From Cyrene to the ocean, the coast of Africa extends above fifteen hundred miles; yet so closely is it pressed between the Mediterranean and the Sahara, or sandy desert, that its breadth seldom exceeds fourscore or a hundred miles.

The eastern division was considered by the Romans as the more peculiar and proper province of Africa.