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an honour annually purchased of the Capudan citap. 
Pasha, as before stated, by the highest bidder. *.- — ..— -^ 
One short year of dominion, wholly dedicated 
to the exercise of a vain ostentation, and to 
unbounded rapacity, was therefore all that 
awaited him, in return for the money by which 
the post had been obtained. It was truly 
amusing, therefore, to see his ostentatious The Cover- 
manner of displa^'ing his rank. Our creden- ceptionof 
tials were of a very superior nature ; because, thon "" 
in addition to our firman, we carried with us 
letters from the Capudan Pasha, and the Com- 
mander-m-chief both of the fleet and of the 
army. At sight of these, however, his new- 
made Excellency affected to turn up his nose, 
muttering between his teeth the expressive 
word Djoivr- with considerable emphasis, and 
taking up the skirts of his pelisse (as our 
venerable friend the Armenian kneeled before 
him, to act as our interpreter) that they might 
not be defiled even by the touch of an infidel. 
This insolence was the more remarkable, as 
the Turks, unless they be in a state of open 
rebellion, generally respect the Grand Signior s 
firman : even the haughty Pasha of Acre always 
made sign of obeisance when it was produced. 
(2) A term used by tbc Turks to express either a Dos or an Infidel. 
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