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TRAVELS IN BARBARY. 
ing from among the wild Arabs of the neighbour- 
hood, and the negro slaves, a band, who were 
ready to second him in every desperate enterprise. 
A violent dissension, fostered by opposition of 
character, had long reigned between him and his 
eldest brother. At the entreaty of the relations, 
an apparent reconciliation took place, and Useph 
himself proposed to seal it by a solemn vow, 
at an interview which should take place in the 
apartment of their mother, Liila Halluma. They 
met there accordingly, when, after some ami- 
cable conversation, Useph called loudly for the 
Koran, " which was the signal he had given his 
** infernal blacks to bring his pistols, two of which 
were immediately put into his hand, and he 
instantly fired at the Bey as he sat by Lilla 
Halluma's side on the sofa. Lilla Halluma, 
" raising her hand to save her son, had it most 
" terribly mangled by the splinters of the pistol, 
which burst, and shot the Bey in his side. The 
" Bey rose, and seizing his sabre from the window 
" where Lilla Halluma had laid it, he made a 
stroke at his brother, but Sidi Useph instantly 
" discharged a second pistol, and shot the Bey 
" through the heart. Sidi Useph, on seeing his 
" brother fall, called to his blacks, saying, * There 
" is the Bey, finish him.* They dragged him 
" from the spot where he lay, yet breathing, and 
discharged all their pieces into him. The Bey'f 
