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market-price on his arrival at Kahira, It was however re- 
fufed; and his cheft, containing fome German dollars and 
other articles, was ftill detained. The reft was given up. 
Mr. Brown had been told that the Sultan was apprifed of 
the tranfaction previoufly to his departure from El Father, 
and that he intended to grant him redrefs; but after waiting 
about fifteen days without hearing any thing farther of his 
intentions, being weary of fuffering, he determined to return. 
He had been arrived but a fhort time when a fulganaway; 
or meflenger, came exprefs from Court, with orders for him 
to repair to El Father immediately. The objeét of the mef- 
fage was kept a profound fecret, nor could he difcover whe- 
Sher it portended g good or evil, He left Cobbé the fame even- 
ing, and arrived at the end of his journey the day following 
about noon. He repaired as before to the Melek Ttcahin, 
who on the following day introduced him at the public 
audience. The Sultan, as he retired to the palace after it 
was over, ordered all the parties to appear. Being come 
within the inner court, he ftopped the white mule on which 
he was mounted, and began a fhort harangue, addrefling 
himfelf to Hoffein and Ali Hamad Mr. Brown’s fervant, 
in which he cenfured, in a rapid and energetic ftyle, their 
condu& towards him :—** One,” faid he, turning to Ali; 
*6 calls himfelf Wakil of the Frank; if he were a Sherif and 
a Muflim, as he pretends, he w ould know that the law of 
the Prophet permits not a Mutlim to be Wakil to a Cafre: 
another calls himfelf his friend: both are agreed in robbing 
him of his property, and ufurping the authority of the laws. 
Henceforth I am his Wakil, and will proteét him.” He 
then ordered the parties to repair to the houfe of Mufa Wul- 
lad Jelftin, Melek of the Jelabs, under whofe appropriate 
jurifdiction are all foreign merchants. Mr. Brown here. 
gives the following account of the manner in which he had 
been before received by the Sultan: 
“On my firft audience,” fays Mr. Brown, ‘ I was too 
ill to make much obfervation. He was feated at a diftanoe 
from me; the vifit was {hort; and I had no opportunity of 
opening a converfation. He was placed on. his feat (céz/) 
at the door of his tent, Some perfon had mentioned to him 
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