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Grand Signior, and the Sherriffe of Mecca, the fovereigns 

 of- the two parties ; and, the only thing the poor animal 

 was interefled in, be had threatened to deilroy the wheat 

 that was going to Mecca. After having fpent -great part of 

 the afternoon in upbraiding the camel, whole meafure of in- 

 iquity, it feenis, was near full, each man thrufl him through' 

 with a lance, devoting him Bits mamb'ui & Dirisj by a kind of. 

 prayer, and with a thoufand curfes upon his head. Aften 

 which, every man retired, fully fatisfied as.to the wrongs*, 

 he hadreceived from the cameL. 



The reader will eafily obferve in this, fome traces of the 

 *azazel, or fcape-goat of the Jews, which was turned out> 

 into the wildernefs, loaded with the fms .of the people. 



Next morning I went tothe palace, as we call it, in which* 

 were fome very handfome apartments. There was a guard 

 of janhTaries at the door, who, being warriors, lately come 

 from the bloody battle with the camel y _ did not. fail to iheva 

 marks of infolence, which they wifhed to be miftaken for. 

 courage.- 



The two Agas were fitting on a high bench upon Perfiarv 

 carpets; and about forty well-dreiTed and well-looking men,: 

 {many of them old) fitting on carpets upon* the floor, in a; 

 femi-circle round them. They behaved. with great polite-^ 

 nefs and attention, and afked no queftions but general ones;.. 

 as, How the fea agreed with me ? If there, was plenty at Cairo h 



till? 



*L,evit. cbap.xvi. ver.,5. 



