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1836. inches high, but as he now sat beside me, sunk deeply in
air. 33. soft divan, he did not appear even so tall; he was plait’
dressed in a dark and simple suit, and wore the red fez?
tarboosh cap, which is now generally substituted for t
turban by men of rank. His features are regular and goo
and his face might be called handsome, but being somewh?
rounded by fatness, I shall use the term comely as mo"
expressive of its character. His beard is quite white, but’
have seen many amongst his subjects with richer-lookiss
tufts upon their chins, I glanced at the form of his head
which is, as far as I could discern through its cover, confi”
matory of the science of phrenclogy—its huge size accordiss
with the extraordinary force of character displayed by t&*
successful soldier, whilst a broad and massive forehead ba”
monizes with the powerful intellect he has displayed in bY
schemes of personal aggrandizement. Yet upon the whol?
there is nothing extraordinary or striking in the countenan
of Mehemet Ali. He appeared to me like a good-humoured
man, and had I been called upon at a cursory glance to gi*°
an opinion upon such a person in a private station, I might
have pronounced him an amiable and jocular fellow! Ho
ever as I was seated beside an extraordinary person, it w#*
natural that I should scrutinize the expression of his featur®®
with the hope, nay the determination, of finding somethin?
more than common in his physiognomy. In doing soIe™
countered his dark eye several times, and thought it ai
not improve upou closer acquaintance. His mouth, 10%
which is almost concealed beneath his white moustachi®
seemed only to pretend to smile; and once or twice *
observed that whilst the lips were putting on the semblan®
of laughter, his eye was busily glancing round from und?
its heavy brows, with anything but an expression of w¥
guarded mirth. If the eye do not reveal the hums
sharacter, it will be vain to look for it in the more igmobk