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l)()ul);i. the crst-wliilc liri'^niid. whose e;ii'l\- c-capades 

 lia\c !)C('ii ilcscribril li\- me m a Inrnici' diaplcr, aclcd as 

 our general advisor and juiitector. Then there "wore the 

 intor])ri'tci- and tlic cook. Tlio soloction of Levantine 

 ser\'aiits is al\va\'s a lotteiA', and in this case we drew a. 

 Idank ;is well as a prize. Franyois, a, ISmyrniote, acted as 

 our interpreter, l)Ut was rea(]y to assume at a nmnient's 



.lANI. 



notiee all other funrtions, 8U<di as tailor. wa>licr\\ unian, 

 kitdicn-niaid. postman, beater, and (n-cn on one occasion. 

 rdicxril inc Innii nnndi pain l>\' hi> >kdl as a chiropodist, 

 in old .lani. wlnun we liired as cook, we carried dead 

 weight. Ill' hail never learnt to build a camp fii-e. which 

 is ratliei- an essi'iitial beginning, and his suul scarcely 

 soared above the mysteries of />//'(//. that uiu versa! 

 Tnrkish dish consisting of boibd rice and scraps. ( )!" il 



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