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GHAP. VIII.

Conver/atim ivli/j the King — With Shekh Addan^ — Interview with the

Kt?igs Ladies^ &C. &c.

WE were condudled by Adelan's fervant to a very fpaci- ous good houfc belonging to the Shekh himfclf, ha- ving two ftoreys, a long quarter of a mile from the king's pa- lace. He left a meffage for us to rcpofe ourfelves, and in a, day or two to wait upon the king, and that he fliould fend to tell us v/hen we were to come to him. This we re- folved to have complied with moll exadlly ; but the very next morning, the 30th of April, there came a fervant from the palace to fummon us to wait upon the king, which we imrr.ediately obeyed. I took with me three fervants, black Soliman, Ifmael the Turk, and my Greek fervant Michael. The palace covers a prodigious deal of ground. It is all of one ftorey, built of clay, and the floors of earth. The cham- bers through which we pafled ^ere all unfurniflied, and.

feemed