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had by beating our men, and ill-treating our 

 females/' 



We found the dogs in this village very trouble- 

 some, and it was quite a service of danger to look 

 outside the door of the house. No wonder they 

 keep fierce dogs, when the inhabitants are liable 

 to such treatment. 



At daylight we mounted our horses, and I shall 

 never forget the thousands of thanks with which 

 the good lady of the house overwhelmed us on our 

 giving her a few piastres for her civility, attention, 

 and the use of the room we had occupied in her 

 comfortable little dwelhng. She wished that 

 every good luck in the world might attend us ; 

 we cordially returned the compliment, and rode 

 away, wishing from the bottoms of our hearts 

 that her hospitality might never meet with a more 

 unkind recompense. 



We had been on horseback about three hours, 

 when we came to a spot where the surrigee per- 

 suaded us to proceed a short distance in a ferry- 

 boat, assuring us that by doing so we should save 

 three hours in our day's journey. After waiting 

 two hours for the boat, which we were assured 

 every minute would come directly, a queer kind 



