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whatever the Camp would afford ; ordering 

 Ibme of his People conftaiitly to attend upou 

 us. When there was mention made of our 

 Defjgn to be gone the next Morning, he an-^ 

 fww'd, It mull not be ; himfelf was invited 

 the next Day, to a great Entertainment, by 

 one of his Grandees^ and we Ihould accom-t 

 pany him : But the Day following, he would 

 go out with us, and Hunt part of our Way 

 towards Alepfo. ^ When Supper was brought 

 in, there was Victuals enough for three times 

 our Number : A large Difh of PiUw in the 

 middle, and twelve or fifteen Difhes of feve* 

 veral forts of Meat about it, all drefs'd after 

 their manner, but exceeding good, and fuch 

 as one might have fed heartily upon, had he 

 not fpoird his Appetite before. After we 

 had Eat and Drank what we pleas'd, we 

 rofeup, and our Servants fat down in our 

 Places; it being the Cuftom of the Arabs^ 

 and Turks too, from the Higheft to theMean- 

 eit, all to eat at the fame Table : The belt 

 fort fit down ftrit, and fo in order till all are 

 latisfy'd, and then what remains is carry'd 

 away. We might, if we had pleas'd, have 

 lodg'd under the fame Tent where we eat ; 

 but having Tents of our own pitched, fome 

 of our Company chofe rather to retire thi- 

 ther, to avoid being difturbed by too many 

 Vifitants. 



OBober the X4th. The next Morning, .a- 

 bout ten a Clock, we were told that the 

 King was gone to the Entertainment, and 

 expeded we fhould follow him ; and that two 

 young Camels were kilfd, to furnifh this 

 i^amptuaus Feaft j which is the higheft i)iece 



