92 ACRE. 
cassock. His turban was also white. Neither 
cushion nor carpet decorated the naked boards 
of his div/m. In his girdle he wore a poignard 
set with diamonds ; but this he apologized for 
exhibiting, saying it was his badge of office, as 
Governor of Acre, and therefore could not be 
laid aside. Having ended his orders to the 
engineer, we were directed to sit upon the end 
of the divchi; and Signor Bertocino, his drago- 
man, kneeling by his side, he prepared to hear 
the cause of our visit. 
The conversation began by a request from 
the Pasha, that English Captains, in future, 
entering the Bay of Acre, would fire only one 
gun, rather as a signal, than as a salute, upon 
their arrival. '' There can be no good reason," 
said he, " for such a waste of gunpowder, in 
ceremony between friends. Besides," he added, 
*' I am too old to be pleased with ceremony : 
among forty-three Pashas of three tails, now 
living in Turkey, I am the senior. My occupa- 
tions are consequently, as you see, very 
important," taking out a pair of scissars, and 
beginning to cut figures in paper, which was his 
constant employment when strangers were pre- 
sent : these he afterwards stuck upon the 
wainscot. ^' I shall send each of you away,"' 
said he, " with good proof of old Djezzars 
