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and more easily obtained ; therefore I 

 give the preference to it. 



L'Orient, however, possesses great at- 

 tractions, and were it not for the gun, I 

 should be very much inclined to pitch my 

 tent there. It is a remote corner, cer- 

 tainly, to settle down in ; but the market 

 has not yet been ruined by an influx of 



our improvident countrymen, Mr. S , 



the gentleman I have alluded to, being 

 the only Englishman there. 



He gave me to understand that the in- 

 habitants were proverbial for their kind- 

 ness and hospitality, and I had proof, 

 during my short stay, that he had not 

 over-rated their good qualities ; and I 

 can safely say I have seldom passed ten 

 days more pleasantly in my life than on 



the occasion I am recording. Mr. S ■ 



is a naturalized subject, and the Orient- 

 alists look upon him as one of them- 

 selves. The only drawback for a family, 



