396 PELOPONNESUS. 
CHAP. are the casual and rare visits of the Turkish 
lords : and, unfortunately for us, it was ne- 
cessary that our arrival at Ligurid should be 
announced by one of their agents ; namely, 
Ibrahim the Tchohadar. Although a very ex- 
cellent man in his way, he had been brought 
up under a notion that Greeks and Albanians 
were a set of inferior beings, whom it was 
laudable to chastise upon every occasion, and 
to whom a word should never be uttered 
without a blow. It was nearly dark when we 
reached the town ; if a long straggling village 
may bear this appellation. Ibrahim rode first, 
and had collected a few peasants around him, 
whom we could just discern by their white 
habits, assembled near his horse. In answer 
to his inquiries concerning provisions for the 
party, they replied, in an humble tone, that 
they had consumed all the food in their 
houses, and had nothing left to offer. Instantly, 
the noise of Ibrahim s lash about their heads 
and shoulders made them believe he was the 
herald of a party of Turks, and they fled in all 
directions: this was " the only way," he said, 
*' to make those misbegotten dogs provide any 
thing for our supper." It was quite surprising 
to see how such lusty fellows, any one of 
whom was more than a match for Ibrahim, 
