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also displayed his eloquence in a very fair way. The 
ghaladnna made some intelligent observations, while 
the governor only observed that, though I had suf- 
fered so severely from extortion, yet I seemed to have 
still ample presents for him. Nor was he far wrong ; 
for the black " kaba " (a sort of berniis, with silk 
and gold lace, which I gave him) was a very hand- 
some garment, and here worth sixty thousand kur- 
di: besides, he got a red cap, a white shawl with 
red border, a piece of white muslin, rose oil, one 
pound of cloves, and another of jawi or benzoin, 
razor, scissors, an English clasp-knife, and a large 
mirror of German silver. The ghaladima got the same 
presents, except that, instead of the kaba, I gave him a 
piece of French striped silk worth fifty thousand kurdi. 
However, our audience did not go off so fast as I 
relate it ; for, after being dismissed by the ghaladima, 
we were obliged to wait full two hours before we 
could see the governor ; yet although we returned to 
our quarters during the very hottest hour of the 
day, I felt much better, and in the evening was able 
to finish a whole chicken, and to enjoy a cup of 
Cyprian wine, for which I felt very grateful to Mr. 
and Mrs. Crowe, who had supplied me with this 
cheering luxury. 
Having now at length made my peace with the 
governor, and seeing that exercise of body and 
recreation of mind were the best medicines I could 
resort to, I mounted on horseback the next day 
again, and, guided by a lad well acquainted with the 
