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ficence and Greatnefs to which thcfe People, whofe 
greateft Riches confift in Camels, can arrive. The Tent 
was about a Furlong from ours fo mounting our Horfes, 
we rode to it, and found it fiirrounded with a numerous 
train of Guefts, Three hundred at leaft, of different fort 
and quality : It was very large of it (elf, and to be ftill 
more capacious, 'twas left open toward the Weft. The 
King was feared at the North-end, about the midft of 
the Tent, upon a Place raifed with Culhions and Quilts, 
and Carpers before him : neither did he fit crofs-legg'dj 
as all the reft of the Company were obliged to do, but 
in a leaning pofture. They feemed to obferve an exacSt 
Order in their Places ; and when any Perfon of Note 
enter'd> thofe that were near his Place, role up and flood 
till he had feated himielf. But the far greateft part 
could not come within the compafsof the Ring, but flood 
behind the Backs of the reft, leaving a fpacious Area 
vacant in the middle. When we entred, they made 
room for us on the King's left-hand, which here is 
efteem'd the more Honourable where we fate down ia 
the fafne pofture with thofe about us, crofs-Iegg'd, upon 
a thin Carpet. Before mid-day, a Carpet being fpread 
in the middle of the Tent, our Dinner was brought in, 
being (erved up in large wooden Bowls between two 
Men ; and truly, to my apprehenfion, Load enough for 
tbem. Of thefe great Platters there were about fifty or 
fixty in number, perhaps more, with a great many little 
ones, I mean, fiich as one Man was able to bring in, 
ftrewed here and there among them, and placed for s : 
Border or Garnifh round about the Table. In the mid- 
dle of all was one of a larger fee than all the reft, ia 
^^j^tflk^^ the Camel's Bones, and a thin Broth in 
wtiicn tney were boiled : The other greater ones feemed 
all filled with one and the fame fort of Provifion, a kind 
of Plumb-broth, made of Rice, and the flefcy part of 
the Camel, with Currants and Spkes, being of fomething 
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