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easily kept in order by the summary Turkish 
method of proceeding; for they are entirely dis- 
armed, and matchlocks, powder and ball, are con- 
traband articles. The first word of an Oriental 
tax^o-atherer is " Pay !" and the second is " Kill !" 
The outset of a journey in the East is usually 
employed in finding out the vices of one's servants. 
Their virtues, I suppose, become manifest after- 
wards. We were on the point of sending our 
chaouch back from Gharian for dishonesty ; but as 
we reflected that any substitute might be still worse, 
we passed over the robbery of our barley, and 
merely determined to keep a good look-out. This 
worthy, though useful in his sphere, often, as I had 
anticipated, proved a sad annoyance to us. When 
he seemed to refrain from cheating and stealing, he 
rendered our lives troublesome by constant quarrel- 
lings and rows — he and his fellow attached to my 
German companions — Arcades amho ! 
Mr. Frederick W^arrington and the American 
Consul took leave of us on the morning of the 5th. 
Starting afterwards about nine, we soon left the 
Castle of Gharian behind, and continued our course 
in a direction about south-west, amongst olive-woods 
and groves of fig-trees. The country was varied 
enough in appearance as we proceeded. Great 
masses of rock and cultivated slopes alternated. 
The vegetation seemed all fresh, and sometimes 
vigorous. Few birds, except wild pigeons, appeared. 
Many of the heights which we passed vi ere crowned 
