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mies at Morocco had endeavoured to make me suspec- 
ted in the eyes of the sultan, oh account of the prolon- 
gation of my stay at Fez; and as I was convinced that 
they would do their utmost to injure me* I determined 
to take my horse, and to speak myself to the Boanani, 
whose douar was four miles off, at the entry of the 
mountains* 
All my people were terrified at my resolution, except 
two Spanish renegados, who had joined me when I 
came away from Fez, and who in this critical moment 
came to me, saying, " Sir, if you will permit us to follow 
you, we will follow you and share your fate*" I looked 
at them with a fixed eye, and seeing in them the appear- 
ance of resolute men, I ordered them to arm themselves, 
that one of them might follow me, and the other stay 
with my equipage. 
I was going out with a faithful slave of the name of 
Salem and my renegado, when I found the gate of the 
wall shut, and about forty or fifty of the principal in- 
habitants determined not to suffer me to go out. 
I did my utmost to persuade them not to restrain me, 
but they answered me almost all at the same time, some 
with reasoning, and others with cries. Seeing that my 
endeavours were vain, I addressed myself to the princir 
pal of them, and taking from my saddle one of my pis- 
tols, I said to him, " Shek Soliman, we have begun 
well, but I fear we shall finish badly; open the gate." 
Shek Soliman, drawing a plug which kept the gate shut, 
said to the others, " As he wants to perish, let him." 
I went out accompanied by;my slave and my renegado, 
and took my direction to the mountains of Boanani. A 
few moments after I saw those very men who had en- 
deavoured to hinder me from getting away, riding at 
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