THE ORIGIN OF THE KHEDIVIAL DYNASTY. 19

choice, always favoured Alexandria as compared with

Cairo, and who, from whatever motive, had used his authority to protect the interests of the Levantine community residing then, as now, for the most part,

in the commercial — not in the political — capital of

Egypt. The picture has no great artistic merit, but

it pourtrays faithfully enough the gaunt, powerful

frame, the rugged gray beard, the shaggy eyebrows,

the bronzed, wrinkled face, the deep-set eyes, the stern, massive chin, the strong, hairy hands of the old Viceroy. Looking at it, one finds no difficulty

in understanding why the name given to him by his . contemporaries was that of the Lion of the Levant.

In 1849 he was gathered to his fathers, and his son Abbas ruled in his stead.