a small town of Egypt, with a castle and a little island adjoining, with which it is connected by a chain of rocks. It stands at the eastern extremity of the long neck of land between the sea and the lakes Mareotis and Masdie, upon which Alexandria, about twelve miles to the westward, is also situated. Eastward lies the spacious bay of Aboukir, reaching to the mouth of the Nile. This vicinity was the scene of some of the greatest events which distinguished the late war between Britain and France. In the bay of Aboukir, Nelson found the French fleet which had conveyed Bonaparte to Egypt, and on the 1st of August 1798, gained that signal victory usually called the "Battle of the Nile," in which the whole of the enemy's fleet, with the exception of two vessels, were destroyed or captured. It was at Aboukir also that Sir Ralph Abercromby, in 1801, effected his landing, and having driven the enemy up the sand hills, took possession of the place. In other respects Aboukir is not of much importance. Lat. 31.20. N. Long. 30.5. E. It is said to be the ancient Canopus.