TRAVELS IN BARBARY. 
" colour." When he killed any one through mis- 
take, or momentary gust of passion, he made ara 
apology to the dying man, saying, that he had not 
intended it ; but that it was the will of God, and 
that his hour must have been come. Those, how- 
ever, who had an opportunity of closely observing 
him, reported that he was agitated by frequent and 
terrible remorse ; that in his sleep he was often 
heard starting wildly, and calling upon those whom 
he had murdered. Not unfrequently, even when 
awake, he would ask for persons whom he had put 
to death only the day before ; and, on being told 
they were dead, inquired with emotion, " Who kil- 
" led them ?" — when the attendants, unless they 
felt an inclination to follow, were careful to an- 
swer, " they did not know, but supposed God kil- 
" led them after which no farther inquiry was 
made. The greatest favourite he ever had was a 
youth of the name of Hameda, son of the guardian 
of the slaves, whom, when a boy, he distinguished 
for his spirited conduct at the siege of Tarudant. 
This youth, being of a gay disposition, was soon ad- 
mitted to the greatest familiarity, and was even al- 
lowed the singular privilege of entering the gar- 
dens, while the emperor was attended by his wo- 
men. He was jocularly called Basha, by way of 
pre-eminence to all other Bashas. All this did 
not prevent the emperor, in a fit of passion, from 
beating him so violently, that he died soon after* 
