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in a barracan, drcfled like thofe flaves who carry water, and wafh the flairs, fhould refufe a purfe of gold, he could no longer confent to my going away, but carried me back to where the Bey was Hill fitting. He was looking at a large piece of yellow fat tin. He afked the ufual queftion, " How, now? What is the' matter? To which his flave gave him a long anfwer in Turkifh. He laid down the fattin, turned to me, and faid, " Why, what is this ? You mull furely want money; that is not your ufual drefs ? What! does this pro- ceed from your pride ?"

" Sir, anfwercd I, may I beg leave to fay two words to you ? There is not a man to whom you ever gave money more grateful, or more fenfible of your generofity in oiTer- ing it me, than I am at this prefent. The reafon of my waiting upon you in this drefs was, becaufe it is only a few hours ago fince I left the boat. I am not however a nee- dy man, or one that is diftrefled for money ; that being the cafe, and as you have already my prayers for your chari- ty, I would not deprive you of thofe of the widow and the orphan, whom that money may very materially relieve. Julian and Rofa, the firft houfe in Cairo, will furnifh me with what money I require; befides, I am in the fervice of the greateft king in Europe, who would not fail to fup- ply me abundantly if my neceffities required it, as I am travelling for his fervice." — " This being fo, fays the Bey, with great looks of complacency, what is in my power to do for you ? You are a llrangcr now where I command ; you are my father's llranger likewife, and that is a double obligation upon me : What fliall i do ?" — " There are, faid I, things that you could do, and you only, if it were not too

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