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placed before them in two large wooden diHies. Of thefe the 
firfl: contained the mutton, wliich was boiled, and cut into fmall 
pieces : the other was filled with a boiled pafte of dried barley 
meal, made up in the form of an Englifli pudding, and fur- 
rounded with a great quantity of oil. This difli, which was 
intended as an accompaniment to the mutton, and which is in 
much eftimation at Tripoli, is called bazeen. 
While Mr. Lucas tailed of the lafl:, and eat with pleafure of 
the firft of thefe diflies, and the Fezzaners, with their ufual dif- 
patch, were devouring the contents of both, the old man and his 
fons ftood by to fupply them with water and buttermilk ; for 
the rules of the Arab hofpitality require, that during their meals 
the mailer of the houfe fliould wait upon his guefts. 
Feb. 4th. The next morning, at feven o'clock, the enter- 
tainment was repeated, with the fame marks of a kind and libe- 
ral welcome ; for the old man is rich in corn and cattle, and hav- 
ing obtained the charafter of a Muflelman Saint, or Maraboot^ 
is, on that account, exempted from the payment of taxes. 
After a march of three hours, during which the rout was per- 
plexed, and the eye fatigued by a continued fucceflion of rocky 
hills, 
