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rity of his venerable superior, who united in his person the sa- 

 cred characters of Judge and Priest. 



The result of this interview was so extremely favourable to 

 Ibrahim, that it was followed by the joint invitations of both 

 those distinguished personages to favour them with frequent 

 visits, and on the part of the Pasha by a present of a com- 

 plete Turkish dress, with a sum of money, which at that mo- 

 ment were both of them very seasonable supplies. During his 

 stay, therefore, at Taif, which was very short, he continued to 

 visit both the Pasha and the Mollah very frequently, was favour- 

 ed often with long and private conferences from them both, and 

 invariably received every mark of distinction and respect. 



Ibrahim had often told us of the difficulties he had to sur- 

 mount in order to record the new and interesting information 

 which every step of his route presented him. In Nubia, though 

 when he sought to write he always retired, he found it im- 

 possible to do so without being observed. At Mecca, the same 

 difficulties presented themselves, as he could never be alone ; and 

 at Taif, his visits and occupations as effectually prevented it. 

 It was thus with me in some measure ; we were so closely and 

 so agreeably occupied too, from sun-rise until midnight, that it 

 seemed a sacrifice of time and pleasure to devote a moment to 

 writing, worthy as die anecdotes we heard were of being pre- 

 served, 



Jedda, Monday, December 5. 



In continuation of his narrative, Ibrahim related to us his 

 leaving Taif, and returning from thence to Mecca, after a stay 

 of a few days only, and without possessing sufficient leisure to 

 make any examination in person, or even to obtain much infor- 

 mation from report relative to the town and surrounding coun- 

 try. His journey being merely a retracing of the steps he had 

 already trodden, offered to his observation nothing new ; and as 

 the ceremonies he was obliged to perform both at Mecca, Ara- 

 fat, and Munya, were such as is necessary to be gone through 

 by all who visit the holy city on pilgrimage, I have endeavoured 



