THE CRUSADERS QUIT EGYPT. 299

But why linger on the Egyptian shore amid scenes
suggestive of reminiscences so melancholy and _ so
dismal—reminiscences of misfortunes and calamities
and losses not to be repaired? Let us on to the
Syrian coast, and gladden our eyes with a sight of
the white walls of Acre, washed bv the blue waters
of the Mediterranean.