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inclination for roaming ; he has never since lived six months 

 on (he same spot, and is now 38 years of age. He 

 knows all the European lancuages, — the Slavonic excepted. 

 Fourteen years ago, when desiiTute of money or protection, 

 he was impressed by the English for a sailor, in an island 

 of the Mediterranean, where he happened to be; he was in- 

 humanly treated bv them, and reduced almost todes^jiair. His 

 ship anchored before Tetuan, for the purpose of watering; 

 and there having struck an English officer, who had used 

 him ill, in order to avoid punishment he escaped, and be- 

 came a Mussulman at Tetuan. Since then, he has tra- 

 versed the Barbary States in all directions, and has lately 

 returned from a pilarimage to Mecca. He has lived at 

 Jamba, in Africa, as a coffee- house keeper, and at Janoi 

 as a physician. At Constantinople he has superintended 

 the gardens of a pacha. I got acquainted with him at a 

 merchant's in Mogadore, who had hired him as a gardener. 

 1 have taken him into mv service, and I treat him ratlier as 

 alriend than as a domestic : the benefits v^hich I shall de- 

 rive from his experience-are immense. 



" About a month ago 1 travelled with a caravan of mer- 

 chants to Morocco, where I procured valuable information 

 respecting the communications with the interior of Africa. 



" It is impossible to convey an idea of the violent hatred 

 which animates the Moors against Christians. Even at 

 Mogadore, I could hardly go abroad without being over- 

 whelmed with insults. I was obliged, in order to view the 

 city of Morocco, to get an escort of four soldiers, who, by 

 order of the Government, \\ ere to keep back the populace. 

 Even then I was often aisailcd by stones, one of which hit 

 me so severe a blow on the forehead, that for some time I 

 thought myself dangerously wounded. This hatred of the 

 Moors arises in a great degree from our dress. 



'' I saw at Morocco preparations for the setting out of a 

 caravan, which was to reach Tombuctoo by 'I'alilet and 

 Tunt. I innnediately formed a resolution to j')in this ca- 

 ravan, and I returned to Mogadore. My companion v. as 

 delighted with the plan, which I did not communicate to 

 any one else but to one Christian. f caused it. to be re- 

 ported at Mogadore, that, disgusted with the had treatment 

 I had received at !\'orocco, t meant to repair to Tangier, 

 and from thence embark for Gibraltar. Tins pretended 

 project tnrnifehid me with a pretext for purchasing a mule 

 and every other necessary for my journey. I secretly pro- 

 cured some Moorish ganiients. Having finished my prc- 

 paralioas, I invited some Christians at Mogadore to a party 



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