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of Magnificence and Greatnefs to which tbefe 

 Pdople , whofe greateft Riches confift in 

 Camels, can arrive. The Tent was about a 

 Furlong from oars ; fo mounting our Hor- 

 fts, we rode to it, and found it furroundcd 

 with a numerous train of Guefts, three hun- 

 dred at leaft, of different Sort and Quality i 

 It was very large of it felf, ajid to be ftill 

 more capacious, 'twas left open toward the 

 Weft- The King was feated at the North-end, 

 about the midft of the Tent, upon a Place 

 raifed with Cufhions and Quilts, and Car- 

 pets before him : Neither did he fit crofs- 

 Legg'd, as all the reft: of the Company were 

 obliged to do , but in a leaning Pofture. 

 They feemed to obferve an exaft Order in 

 their Places ; and when any Per (on of Note 

 enter'd, thofe that were near his Place, rofe 

 up and ftood till he had feated himfelf. But 

 the far greateft part could not come within 

 the compafs of the Ring, but ftood behind 

 the Backs of the reft, leaving a fpacious 

 Area Vacant in the middle. When we entred, 

 they made room for us on the King's left 

 Jiand, Which here is: efteem'd the more Ho- 

 nourable ; where we fat down in the fame 

 Pofture with thofe about us, crofs Legg'd 

 upon a thin Carpet. Before mid-day, a Gar- 

 pet being fpread in the middle of the Ttfnt, 

 our Dinner was brought in, being ferved up 

 4n lafge Wooden Bowls between two IV§en ; 

 and truly to my apprehenlion. Load enough 

 for them. Of thefe great Platters thert 

 ■were about fifty or fixty in number, perhaps 

 more, with a great many little ones, I mean, 

 fuch as one Maa v^as able to bring in, ftrew- 



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