THE PREFACE. 



great Benevolence, m it "would he of their Hofpitality like- 

 njuije, if they had an Opportunity tofljeiv it. 



When we are fo fortunate, in travelling in Barbarv, to 



find out the Encampments of the Arabs^ {for we are not 



fond of vifitmg the Kabyles, who are notfo eafily managed, ) 



we are entertained, jor one Night, upon free Cofl -. the 



A ra bs, either by long Cuflom, the particular Tenure of their 



Lands, or rather perhaps from Fear and Compulfion, being 



obliged to give the Spahees, and thofe who are with them^ 



the Mounah, f^-^r^) as they call it^ which is a fufficient 



§^iantity of Provifions for them f elves and their Horfes. Be- 



fides a Bowlof Miik, and a Basket of Figs, Raifins, Dates ^ 



or other dryed Fruit , which wereprefentedto its upon ourAr^ 



rival, the Μ after of the Tent, where we lodged, fetcht us 



from his Flock, [according to the Number of our Company) a 



Kid, or a Goat ; a Lamb, or a Sheep ; half of which was 



immediately feethed by his Wife, andferved up with Cufca- 



fovve ; the reft, was ufually madeKdh-^h \ and referved 



for our Breakfaβ or Dinner the next Day. 



However, the Tents ofthefe roving tier df men , though they 

 may ft?elter us from the Weather, arenotwithftanding attend- 

 ed with their Inconveniences. For the Cold, and the Dews 

 that we are every Night expofedto, in the Deferts (^/Arabia, 

 do not incommode m half f ο much as the Vermin and Infers of 

 allKinds, which never fail to molefl t^s here. Befides Fleas and 

 Lice, which, without a Miracle, are here in all their Quar- 

 ters, the Apprehenfioyis we are under y of being bit or flung by 

 the Scorpion, l^iper, or Venemous -Spider , rarely fails, infome 

 Farts of the je Countries, to interrupt theReft, that is f ο grate- 

 ful and necejfary to a weary Traveller. Upon Sight indeed of 

 one or other of thefe veyiemousBeafts, ^Thaleb (9r Writer, who 

 happened to be one of my Spahees, after he had muttered afew 

 Words, exhorted us all to take Courage, and not be afraid 

 of fuch Creatures, as he had made tame and harmlefs, by 

 his Charms and Incantations. We are Ukewife no lefs of- 

 fended [from whence we might lea ft expect it) by their Kids, 



I c-'V^' i. e. cut into Chops and roafted. 



b Calves^ 



