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notwithstandino- its avowed allusion to the 
slaughters committed by him, he was evidently 
vain. He was his own minister, chancellor, 
treasurer, and secretary ; often his own cook 
and gardener ; and not unfrequently both judge 
and executioner in the same instant. Yet 
there were persons who had acted, and still 
occasionally officiated, in these several capa- 
cities, standing by the door of his apartment ; 
some without a nose, others without an arm, 
with one ear only, or one eye ; " marked 
men^' as he termed them ; persons bearing signs 
of their having been instructed to serve their 
master with fidelity. Through such an as- 
semblage we were conducted to the door of 
a small chamber, in a lofty part of his castle, 
over-looking the port-. A Jeiu, who had been 
his private secretary, met us, and desired 
us to wait in an open court or garden before 
this door, until Djezzar was informed of our 
coming. This man, for some breach of trust, 
had been deprived of an ear and an eye at the 
same time. At one period of the Pasha's life, 
having reason to suspect the fidelity of his 
wives, he put seven of them to death with 
his own hands. It was after his return from 
(2) Many wretched objects, similarly disfigured, might be observed 
daily in the streets of Jcre. 
