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which service he amply repaid afterwards, when I, 

 in my turn, was laid on my back, by his constant 

 attention and unwearied care for my wants. 



The fourth, Mahomed, was an Arab, or rather a 

 Khabyle by birth, who had fought with the P>inir 

 Abdel-Kader against the French, and, having been 

 obliged to fly his country, had entered the corps of 

 Bashi-Bazouks, from whence I took him to look 

 after my horses, he being a first-rate groom. 



The fifth, Sied Cassim, was a Hindostanee from 

 Northern India, who, being of a roving disposition, 

 had turned " Fakeer," or dervish ; and, after having 

 performed the " Hadj," or pilgrimage to Mecca, had 

 wandered all over Asia Minor and Persia, and at last 

 enrolled himself in the ranks of the Bashi-Bazouks. 

 He was a trustworthy fellow, and, being a good 

 scholar in Persian, Hindostanee, Arabic, and 

 Turkish, used to act as paymaster, or rather as the 

 divider of the spoils, and keep the accounts, from 

 which he usually went by the name of the " Vakeel," 

 or secretary. He claimed also to be a descendant 

 of the prophet, and always wore the significant 

 badge, a green turban. 



Our guide, Abdidla, was likewise a Hindostanee 

 by birth, but had left his country when a child with 

 an Arab cloth-merchant, who had sold him to the 

 Circassians, by whom he had been adopted as one of 

 themselves. He was a great chum of Cassim's, and 

 I took him into my service, as he had a good know- 

 ledge of the Circassian and Abassian languages, as 



