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sha, mounted the throne, but several revolutions having 
obliged him to quit the country, he retired to Tunis. 
The son of Sidi All, called after his ancestor Sidi Hha- 
met, succeeded him. He was a vicious character, un- 
worthy of his high rank, and it was to his bad qualities 
that he owed the loss of his throne and life. He was 
succeeded by his brother Sidi Yusuf,the reigning pasha. 
Sidi Yusuf, or Lord Joseph, is about forty years old, 
he is a sensible man, speaks good Italian, and has a fine 
countenance; he is fond of pomp, magnificence, and 
show; he is endowed with dignity, and his manners are 
agreeable and polite. He has reigned already about ten 
years and a half, and the people seem very much satisfi- 
ed with him. 
Sidi Yusuf keeps but two women, the one, his cousin, 
is of a fair complexion, the other is a negress. He has 
three sons and three daughters by the former, and one 
son and two daughters by the latter. He has some ne- 
gresses for slaves, but no whites. He likes that his 
women should use all possible luxury and magnificence 
in their dress and in their houses. 
All the sons of the pasha take the title of bey, and one 
of them is called Ali Bey as I am; but when they say 
the bey only, then they mean his eldest son, who is 
declared successor to the throne. 
I was told that the pasha's income does not exceed a 
million of franks a year. 
The door-keeper of the interior part of the palace is a 
black slave, and there are above forty Christian slaves, 
all Italians, who do the service of the palace. 
On easter day I waited on the pasha; his music was 
playing when I entered, but perceiving me, he com- 
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