TRAVELS IN BARBAHY. 
Meanwhile his master was called to Fez by the 
emperor Muley Semein. Suspecting that this 
command boded him no good, he vented his chag- 
rin upon the slaves, and immediately began to deal 
blows among them without mercy. Some were 
killed, and our author thought himself to have 
escaped well, in having merely his head battered, 
and his whole body bruised. They were then con- 
veyed to Fez, where the master, though suspected 
of treason, was pardoned ; but he soon after en- 
gaged in a revolt raised by Muley Hamet against 
Muley Semein. Hamet being defeated, all the 
slaves belonging to himself and his partisans were 
forfeited to the emperor. Mouette being of tim 
number, was carried to Mequinez, where exten- 
sive works were carrying on. Here he found 
himself in a worse situation than ever. They 
were met at the castle gate by a black " of a pro- 
" digious stature, a frightful aspect, and a voice as 
*^ dreadful as the barking of Cerberus.'* He had 
a staff in his hand entirely proportioned to his 
own size, from which each, as he entered, receiv- 
ed a salutation. They w^ere then furnished with 
enormous pick-axes, to pull down old walls, where 
they were kept at work incessantly ; and, if any 
one took a moment's respite, " he received his 
" reward immediately.'' Whenever this personage 
went away, he left substitutes, who were anxious 
to prove their zeal by the blows they inflicted, 
