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park's first journey. 
ment, turned it repeatedly round, and, as it still 
pointed to the desert, returned it with great cau- 
tion, as too dangerous an instrument to keep in 
his possession. As the Moors, though extremely 
indolent, are very rigid masters, .Mr Park's two 
negro servants were employed in collecting wi- 
thered grass for the king's horses, and, after many 
consultations, he was himself installed in the office 
of barber to his barbarian majesty, but acquitted 
himself so ill at his first exhibition, in shaving the 
head of the young prince, that he was immediate- 
ly deposed. Various consultations were held, 
concerning his future destination : some advised 
that he should be put to death, others that he 
should lose his right hand, while the king's bro- 
ther proposed to put out his eyes, which, he said, 
resembled those of a cat, to which measure all 
the Bushreens agreed ; but Ali deferred the ex- 
ecution of the sentence, till Fatima, the queen, 
came from the north. In the mean time, he was 
ordered not to go without the camp 5 and, on 
walking to some shady trees, at a little distance, 
to escape the insults with which he was continu- 
ally harassed, he was pursued by a party of horse- 
men, one of whom snapped a pistol twice at him 
with the utmost indifference. Mr Park's nankeen 
breeches appeared to the Moors not only inele- 
gant but indecent ; and Ali caused him to wrap 
himself up in his cloak, when he carried him to 
