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ever, he vented his rage on the brute, striking him 

 with the flat of his weapon ; and it was with difficulty 

 I pacified him at last by saying ' Pasha ! ' several 

 times, and pointing forward giving him to under- 

 stand that if he did not behave himself, I should 

 complain to the Pasha as soon as we arrived." 



" And then," said K , " you must always 



battle with them for your halting-place, if they do 

 not happen to fancy it. If you want to go ahead, 

 the horses are tired ; and if you want to stop, there's 

 sure to be some better place farther on." 



I joined in the vote against subjecting ourselves to 

 tutelage. 



" But these fellows do something else besides 

 showing the way they interpret. Isn't that rather 

 a floorer for us ? " 



" Not a bit of it," said S . " I'll be the vye/xciv, 



for I've been the road once before ; and K there 



talks a little Turkish." 



" Yes, I know the numbers, and can say ' Kateh 

 saket,' which means, ' How many hours ? ' or ' How 

 far to?'" 



"That will do capitally; for if you say ' Kateli 

 saket Magnesia ? ' any blockhead will know that you 

 mean ' How far to Magnesia 1 ' Besides, we all can 

 say ' Salam Aleikum,' so can do the polite as well as 

 the interrogative." 



Reader, this was a mistake. A Mussulman loves 

 not to hear this salutation at the mouth of a Chris- 



