Some hundred sheikhs were there present: they swayed their bodies to and fro while the story of Mahomet's life was recited; and Bonaparte afterwards partook of an oriental repast.

But he never forgot his dignity so far as publicly to appear in a turban and loose trousers, which he donned only once for the amusement of his staff.[110] That he endeavoured to pose as a Moslem is beyond doubt.

Witness his endeavour to convince the imams at Cairo of his desire to conform to their faith.

If we may believe that dubious compilation, "A Voice from St.Helena," he bade them consult together as to the possibility of admission of men, who were not circumcised and did not abstain from wine, into the true fold.

As to the latter disability, he stated that the French were poor cold people, inhabitants of the north, who could not exist without wine.