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requested I would allow a Mahometan present to 

 cut its throat, that the Vizier might be able to 

 partake of it ; a compliment, I thought, intended 

 to me. Of all the game that was shot, the throats 

 were cut in like manner, and all from which blood 

 flowed were sent to the Vizier. A circumstance 

 occurred on that day, that will never be effaced 

 from my memory. Serif Ally invited me into 

 his liowdah to partake of some refreshments, 

 which invitation I willingly accepted, as I w r as 

 both hungry and thirsty ; the weather being very 

 hot. 



The food consisted of bread (resembling pan- 

 cakes), composed of flour, well soaked \\ithgkee 

 (clarified butter), and baked on an iron plate, 

 with kabobs, which is meat well seasoned, cut 

 into small pieces, then stuck on a wooden skewer, 

 and roasted. Unfortunately, I had always a 

 strong aversion to garlic, with which the kabobs 

 were very much impregnated ; politeness induced 

 me to eat some of them, much against my incli- 

 nation, by which I suffered severely all that 

 evening, and the next day. 



A captain of an Indiaman purchased two of 

 the largest draught horses he could get in this 



