MR- LUCAS'S 
On the next morning Mr. Lucas was prefented to the Bey, 
the Bafliaw's eldeft fon, a tall and well fhaped, but dark com- 
plexioned man, hi the middle period of life ; and was received by 
him with the engaging poiitenefs for which he is eminently dif- 
tinguifhed. The prefent that was made to him, except that its. 
value was inferior, was hmilar to that which had been given to* 
his father ; and the affurances of the protedion and friendfhip,. 
which he offered in return, were the fame m effect with thofe 
whicli the Balhaw had exprelled. 
Soon after his prefentation at Court, Mr. Lucas was informed 
tliat fome of the principal Tribes of the tributary Arabs had lately 
revolted from the Government, and were then in aftual rebellion ;, 
that all the frontiers of Tripoli, on the fide of the Defert, were 
infefted by their inroads ; that a caravan from the inland country 
had lately been attacked, and that a Spanifh Merchant had been 
plundered within a few miles of the Capital. Mr. Lucas was 
alfo informed, that the Bafhav/, who has no regular forces, was 
preparing to raife, on this occafion, an army of 2,000 men; that 
as foon as the grafs lliould be high enough to afford the necef- 
fary forage for the cattle, which it would be in the month of De-- 
cember, they would begin their march to the frontier, where 
they 
