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Two. ftaridards. of white filk; ftriped with red;:werecar-: 
ried; before him to’ the:mofque, from whence: he went (ito: 
his-own -houfe to: receive the compliments of his friends., 
In the afternoon of that day I went. to pay my -:refpectsto. 
him, and found him fitting-on a large wooden elbow-chair,. 
at the head of two files’ of naked-favages, who made an. 
avenue. from his chair to the door..:: He had nothing upon. 
him but a coarfe cotton fhirt, fo dirty that, it feemed, all 
Rains to clean it. again would be thrown away, and fo fhoré 
that it fcarcely reached his knees. _He was. very tall and- 
lean, his colour black, had a large mouth and:nofe;.in. 
place of a beard, a very. {canty tuft of grey hairs upon, the; 
point of his chin; large, dull; and-heavy. eyes;,a kind_of, 
malicious, contemptuous, {mile on his, countenance; he: 
was altogether of a moft ftupid and brutal appearance. His, 
character perfectly correfponded with his figure, for he was: 
a man of mean abilities, cruel to excefs, avaricious, and az 
great drunkard, 
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I PRESENTED my flrman.—The greateft bafha in the Ture. 
kith empire would have rifen, upon feeing it, kiffed it, and: 
carried it to his forehead; and I really expected that Omar. 
Aga, for the day he bore that title, and received the caftan, _ 
would have fhewn this piece of. refpect to his mafter. But; 
he did not even receive it into his hand, and puthed it back, 
to me again, faying, “Do you read;it all to me word for, 
word.’ [ told him it was Turkifh; that I had-never learn-. 
ed to read a- word of that language.”—* Nor I either,” fays. 
he; “and tI believe I never fhall.” I then gave him Meti-. ~ 
cal Aga’s letter, the Sherriffe’s, Ali, Bey’s, and, the Janiza- 
xies letters. He took them all together in both his hands,. | 
qnd-laid them unopened befide him, faying, “ You fhould: 
have: 
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