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friends and relations, many with reverence for the facred pro- 
ceflion. Some of the more opulent Hadjis, Or pilgrims, were 
carried in litters, [t attar awan^ but the greater number in a kind 
of panniers, two and two, placed on the back of camels. They 
did not appear much fatigued, though it was faid they had fuf- 
fered from the want of water. 
On the Saturday following, was the entrance of the Pallia of 
Damafcus, who is conftantly the Emtr-el-Hadje^ or chief of the 
caravan by office. Firft appeared three hundred dellis, or 
cavalry, mounted on Arabian horfes, varioufly armed and 
clothed, but on the whole forming no mean difplay. Thefe 
were fucceeded by fifteen men on dromedaries, with mufque- 
toons, or large carbines, placed before them, and turning on a - 
fwivel in every direction. This deftru£tive inftrument of war 
is faid to have palTed from the Perfians to the Syrians. Some 
of the great officers of the city followed, well mounted, and de- 
cently attired. Then came part of the Paflia of Tripoli's Ja- 
nizaries, well clothed and armed ; that Paflia himfelf, with his 
officers, and the remainder of his guard. Next was the tattar- 
awan belonging to the Paflia of Damafcus, another body of 
four hundred dellis, a company of thirty mufquetooners, a 
hundred and fifty Albanians, in uniform, and marching two 
and two, like our troops. Before the latter was borne the 
fl:andard of the Prophet, Senj'iak Sherifi^ of green filk, with 
fentences of the Koran embroidered in gold, and the magnifi- 
cent canopy brought from Mecca, guarded by a ftrong body of 
Muggrebins, or weftern Arabs, on foot. Then pafled the 
Paflia's three tails, (generally of white horfes,) borne by three 
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