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tan to the pafhas in reward of their good behaviour. 

 For the kapudan pafha came a particularly fine fabre, 

 with a thoufand felicitations and praifes. And for the 

 pallia of the fortrefs, his appointment to that office for 

 the enfuing year, as ufual. 



The beys fent one of their kiafifs to the kiaia who has 

 the command over the fultan's barks, that he would 

 accompany him to the kapudan pafha, for whom they 

 had given him feveral letters. But, as the patrolls of 

 the beys had beat feveral of the galeangi to death who 

 w r ere reconnoitring about the villages, the kiaia fent 

 him in irons to the kapudan pafha. As this unfortu- 

 nate mefTenger was afraid of meeting with fome acci- 

 dent on the road, he thought he might truffc to the 

 kiaus, who commanded the barks that brought the 

 12,000 Venetian ducats to Cairo. 



Now, for getting this money to himfelf, he inform- 

 ed the kiaus to the kapudan pafha, whom he had 

 brought from the kiafif, that the latter, belides the letters 

 that were addreffed to him, had moreover a fecret 

 commiffion to negotiate with certain of the rebels, 

 Upon this, the kapudan pafna caufed his head to be 

 Uruck off without any farther ceremony ; and, as he had 

 likewife come to the knowledge of the 12,000 chequlns 

 by other means, he appropriated them all to himfelf. 

 Of the contents of the letters nothing was ever known. 



Trie 1 8th. the kapudan pafha fent 350 purfes and 6 

 barks with proviiions to the army. 



The 1 9th. the troops, which the kapudan pafha had 

 fent as a reinforcement, came into camp ; but the 

 beys, fix hours before, had retired into Upper YEgypt. 

 Previous to their retreat, thev had burned whatever 



they 



