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ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. 
looking through in a very short time. My compass 
and watch and keys were then all examined, and 
produced great amusement. What pleased him 
much was the screw by which the compass was 
stopped. I was dreadfully frightened lest the watch 
should be broken as well as the compass, and in- 
deed the former has received some damage : such 
machines should not be handled by these negro 
grandees. 
Whilst this examination was going on, his high- 
ness, as if he had little time to lose, continued to 
administer justice. Several cases were settled whilst 
the worthy Sultan was looking through the peep- 
show and kaleidoscope. Among others, a man 
came forward in great agitation, and cried, " O 
Sultan ! my wife will not live with me, and has run 
away to her father. I will give you three bullocks 
if you will fetch her back and make her live with 
me !" The Sultan smiled, and observed only, 
" Hem, your wife won't live with you ! Well, what 
can I do ?" Another man came forward and cried, 
" O Sultan ! I am a thief, but you must pardon me. 
I stole this mat because I was a poor man" (holding 
up the mat). " I restore the mat." His highness 
observed, " Leave it ; I will see what can be done." 
A collection of stolen articles was restored also by 
another person. Then came a man more bold, and 
brought a present from a neighbouring village, con- 
sisting of two large bowls of ghaseb and a bundle of 
