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tmople. It confifted of three of the cholceft eunuchs, and 
three of the moft beautiful female flaves that could be procured. 
The Othman emperor, when they were prefented, had, it is faid, 
never heard of the Sultan of Dar-Fur, but he returned an 
highly-ornamented fabre, a rich pelifle, and a ring fet with a 
fmgle diamond of no inconfiderable value. 
