ACRE. 91 
Sidney Smith, gave rise to a misunderstanding ^^J^^' 
between him and Djezznr. Matters had not ' m- ' 
been adjusted between them at the time of our 
arrival. With due intimation, therefore, of his 
prejudice against the Hero oi Acre, as well as 
the knowledge we had obtained of his private 
character and disposition, we were ushered to 
his presence. 
We found him seated on a mat, in a little ^"^Ti^'" 
' with Djcz- 
chamber destitute even of the meanest article '^''^• 
of furniture, excepting a coarse, porous, earthen- 
ware vessel, for cooling the water he occa- 
sionally drank. He was surrounded by persons 
maimed and disfigured in the manner before 
described. He scarcely looked up to notice 
our entrance, but continued his employment of 
drawing upon the floor, for one of his engineers, 
a plan of some works he was then constructing^. 
His form was athletic, and his long white 
beard entirely covered his breast. His habit 
was that of a common Arab, plain but clean, 
consisting of a white camlet over a cotton 
(2) DJezzar kept up his character as the Herod of his day, in the mag- 
nificence of his public works : he built the Mosque, the Bazar, and a most 
elegant ^uhUc fountaiu, in Acre. In all these works he was himself both 
the engineer and the architect. " He formed the plans," says Volney, 
'' drew the designs, and superintended tiie execution." Trav. in Egypt 
and Syria, vol. II. j>. 226. 
