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or to the regency of Cairo, and port of Janizaries — here 

 are their letters — or to the fherriffe of Mecca. To you, Sir, I 

 prefent the fherriffe's letters ; and, befides thefe, one from 

 Metigal Aga your friend, who, depending on your character, 

 aflurcd me this alone would be fufficient to preferve me 

 from ill-ufage fo long as I did no wrong : as for the dan- 

 gers of the road from banditti and lawlefs perfons, my fer- 

 vants are indeed few, but they are veteran foldiers, tried 

 and exercifed from their infancy in arms, and I value not the 

 iuperior number of cowardly and diforderly perfons." 



He then returned me the letters, faying, " You will give 

 thefe to the Naybe to-morrow ; I will keep Metical's letter, 

 as it is to me, and will read it at home." He put it accord- 

 ingly in his bofom ; and our coffee being done, I rofe to take 

 my leave, and was prefently wet to the fkin by deluges of 

 -orange flower-water fhowered upon me from the right and 

 left, by two of his attendants, from filver bottles. 



A very decent houfe had been provided ; and I had no 

 fooner entered, than a large dinner was fent us by Achmet, 

 with a profufion of lemons, and good frefh water, now be- 

 come one of the greateft delicacies in life ; and, inflantly 

 after, our baggage was all fent unopened ; with which I 

 was very well-pleafed, being afraid they might break fome- 

 thing in my clock, telefcopes, or quadrant, by the violent 

 manner in which they fatisfy their curiofity. 



Late at night I received a vifit from Achmet ; he was 

 then in an undrefs, his body quite naked, a barracan thrown 

 loofely about him; he had a pair of calico drawers; a white 

 coul, or cotton cap, upon his head, and had no fort of 



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