55.6 PELOPONNESUS. 
CHAP, always acted in that capacity ; but as the 
Governor seemed to prefer the Frenchman, we 
acquiesced ; and, after the usual ceremony of 
pipes and coffee, a parley began. The first 
questions put to us related to our travels; 
accompanied by many shrugs and shrewd sar- 
casms as to the vagrant life led by Djowrs in 
general. All this was interpreted to us by the 
Frenchman, interlarded with every scurrilous 
epithet he could pour forth against the old Turk, 
but bowing his head all the while with great 
seeming gravity and decorum, as if he were 
bestowing upon him the most honourable titles. 
The Governor was evidently out of temper; and 
presently the cause was manifest. "Your 
Tchohadar has been here," said he, " and tells 
me you intend to take up your abode in this 
place, that you may repose and take your caff 1 
but you have brought me no present." We said 
that we neither gave nor received mere gifts of 
ceremony. " Then who are ye ?" added he, 
somewhat sharply. " English (Effendies) Gen- 
tlemen," was the answer. " Effendies truly ! 
and is it like an Effendi to be seen picking up 
{*' Ls fCaify or Kafyi) is aliment or nourishment in Arab. Diet. ; 
hut in Turkey, the word Caif is often used to denote entertainment 
or comfort. 
