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me in the eyes of every one. However, this affair in- 
stead of proving detrimental to me, contributed to raise 
me in credit. My friends celebrated my triumph as 
being without example; my name became much talked 
of; I displayed all the splendor of the rank I bore, and 
there was not a man of the least distinction at Fez who 
did not come to pay me a visit, so that my house was 
crowded from morn till night. 
A few days afterwards the approaching arrival of the 
sultan was announced. I got on horseback followed by 
some of my servants, and accompanied the principal 
people to meet him. As soon as we saw him we made 
him our salutations, which he answered most kindly; 
and mixing with the retinue we followed him to the pa- 
lace. The sultan retired to his apartments, and the 
retinue and the troops, as well as the people, withdrew 
each to his home. 
The retinue of the sultan was composed of a troop of 
fifteen to twenty men on horseback; about an hundred 
steps behind them came the sultan, who was mounted 
on a mule, with an officer bearing his umbrella, who 
rode by his side also on a mule, The umbrella is a dis- 
tinguishing sign of the sovereign of Morocco. Nobody 
but himself, his sons, and brothers, dare to make use of 
it; however, I had this high honour conferred on me. 
Eight or ten servants walked by his side, the minister 
Salaoui followed him on a mule with a servant walking. 
The retinue was closed by some officers and about a 
thousand of white and black soldiers on horseback, with 
long guns in their hands, and forming a sort of line of 
battle whose centre was composed of ten or twelve men 
and more, and whose extremities ended in a point of 
only one man; but neither rank, file, or distance was ob- 
served. The centre of the line had a front of thirteen 
