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of the day in prayers. He is generally dad in a very 
coarse hhaik, disdaining all kinds of luxury, and endeav- 
ouring to inspire his subjects with the same religious 
rigor, so that (except Muley Abdsulem andmyself)hard» 
ly any one dared to show any appearance of luxury. 
In consequence of this principle, when Muley Soli- 
man, after conquering his brother was seated quietly on 
his throne, one of his first cares was to order the destruc- 
tion of all tobacco plantations through the whole empire,, 
though they furnish means of subsistence to many thou- 
sand families, and were not prohibited by the law. But 
the prophet having made no use of this plant, it is look- 
ed upon by the rigorous orthodox believers as an im- 
purity. However, Muley Abdsulem used a great quan- 
tity of it, and even Muley Soliman himself did not al~ 
ways disdain it. Among the inhabitants verv few take 
it, but those who live in sea ports or at sea. 
This very principle is the cause of his being so averse 
to trade with Christians, as he is afraid that the traffic 
with the infidels should vitiate or impair the true believ- 
ers' faith. Hence all commercial relations have become 
very difficult, and there are some proprietors who might 
send out whole fleets of corn, but who, for want of leave 
to export it, are without any money to subsist upon. 
A nation that has no property, because the sultan is 
absolute master of every thing; no liberty to exchange 
or sell the result of its labours, and not even the per- 
mission to enjoy and display to their fellow citizens their 
affluence or their comfort, need not look far for the cause 
of its apathy, brutality, and misery. 
I have copied the original tree of consanguinity of 
Muley Soliman, which he himself entrusted me with. 
