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cliiklren, so that when, pointing to Tiirki, who sat 

 in the tent fondling a baby, she informetl me thot 

 he was her son, I could truly say I was suipiiscd. 

 Her countenance is agreeable, her manner, though 

 amial)le, was rather embarrassed, perhaps because she 

 wore a gorgeous Bagdad ahha of purple and gold 

 interwoven, a piece of finery to which she seemed 

 unaccustomed, and the only instance I have seen 

 among Bedouin ladies of any attempt at smart 

 clothes. I asked her about the wife of Ibn Shaalan, 

 on which she turned to a young girl sitting on her 

 left with a child in her arms and said, " This is 

 Turkya." I looked and saw a graceful creature 

 with a most attractive f^ice, though curiously like 

 Jedaan. Turkya has the same strangely brilliant 

 eyes, but without her father's hawklike expression ; 

 and her face, though the features resemble his and 

 are far from regular, is really pretty. I made 

 friends with her at once, and asked her to sit 

 for her portrait. While she sat, one of Turki's 

 wives (he has three, and several small children) 

 squatted by her giggling, and trying to make her 

 laugh, but she behaved very well. IMohammed 

 Aazil, the secretary, was rather tiresome, with his 

 incessant flow of conversation, and indeed so were 

 the assembled company, who took a great interest 

 in my drawing, continually interrupting me with 

 their observations. Their remarks, however, were 

 all of encouragement and approval, and it always 

 strikes me as showing a natural superiority of in- 



