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maintained to me were fheep. Each man had three light 

 javelins in his hand, and they began to wrangle exceeding- 

 ly about the animals, whether they were fheep or goats, 

 though they did not feem to undcriland one word of our 

 language, but the words Jheep and goat in Arabic. In five 

 minutes after, their number increafed to eleven, and I thought 

 it was then full time for me to go on board, for every one of 

 them feemed, by his difcourfe and geftures, to be violently 

 agitated, but what they faid I could not comprehend. I drew 

 to the fhore, and then put mylelf on board as foon as poffi- 

 ble. They feemed to keep at a certain diftance, crying out 

 Belled^ belled I and pointing to the land, invited me to come 

 afhore ; the old hypocrite alone feemed to have no fear, but 

 followed me clofe to the boat. I then refolved to have a free 

 difcourfe with him. " There is no need, faid I to the old 

 man, to fend for thirteen men to bring two goats. We 

 bought the water from people that had no lances, and we 

 can do without the flieep, though we could not want the 

 water, therefore, every man that has a lance in his hand 

 let him go away from me, or I will lire upon him." 



They feemed to take no fort of notice of this, and came 

 rather nearer. " You old -grey headed traitor, faid I, do 

 you think I don't know what you want, by inviting me on 

 more ; let all thofe about you with arms go home about 

 their bufmefs, or I will in a minute blow them all off the 

 face of the earth. He then jumped up, with rather more 

 agility than his age feemed to promifc, and went to where 

 the others were fitting in a clufter, and after a little con- 

 verfation the whole of them retired. 



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