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GHAP. VIII. 



Conver/atim ivli/j the King — With Shekh Addan^ — Interview with the 



Kt?igs Ladies^ &C. &c. 



WE were condudled by Adelan's fervant to a very fpaci- 

 ous good houfc belonging to the Shekh himfclf, ha- 

 ving two ftoreys, a long quarter of a mile from the king's pa- 

 lace. He left a meffage for us to rcpofe ourfelves, and in a, 

 day or two to wait upon the king, and that he fliould 

 fend to tell us v/hen we were to come to him. This we re- 

 folved to have complied with moll exadlly ; but the very 

 next morning, the 30th of April, there came a fervant from 

 the palace to fummon us to wait upon the king, which we 

 imrr.ediately obeyed. I took with me three fervants, black 

 Soliman, Ifmael the Turk, and my Greek fervant Michael. 

 The palace covers a prodigious deal of ground. It is all of 

 one ftorey, built of clay, and the floors of earth. The cham- 

 bers through which we pafled ^ere all unfurniflied, and. 



feemed 



