THE PREFACE. 



great Benevolence, m it isoouU he of their Hofpitality like- 

 "wife, if they had an Opportunity to fldevj it. 



When vje are fo fortunate, in travelling in Barbary^ to 

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

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

 we are entertained , for one Night , upon free Co/i : the 

 Arabs, either hj long Cuftom, the particular Tenure of their 

 Lands ^ or rather perhaps from Fear and Compulfion, being 

 obliged to give the Spahces, and thofe who are with them, 

 the Mounah, {^''r<) as they call it^ which is ajufficient 

 §limntity of Provifions for t hem fe Ives and their Horfes. Be- 

 fides a Bowl of ATilk, and a Basket of Figs, Raifins, Dates, 

 or other chyed Fruit ^which wereprefentedto m upon our Ar- 

 rival, the Mafler of theTent, where we lodged, jetcht 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- 

 fowe ; the reft, was ufually made Kab-ab ', and referved 

 for our Breakfaft or Dinner the next Day. 



However, the Tents ofthefe r oving tier df men , though they 

 may ft welter 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 <?f Arabia, 

 do not incommode us half fo much as the Vermin and fnfeBs of 

 allKinds, which never fail to moleft lis here. Befides Fleas and 

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

 ters, the Appr^henfions we are under y of being bit orjiung by 

 the Scorpion, Viper, or Venemous -Spider , rarely fails, infome 

 Parts of the je Countries, to interrupt the Reft, that is fo grate- 

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

 me or other oj thefe venemousBeafts, a Thale b or Writer, who 

 happenedto be one of my Spahees, after he had muttered a few 

 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 tncantations. We are likewife no lefs of- 

 fended (from whence we might lea ft. expecl it) by their Kids, 



I u'Usa i. e. cut into Chops and roafted. 



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