94 ACRE. 
S^f ^'" ^^ ^^® might have done by the most stately 
^ - y ■ ■* magnificence. He M^as desirous of directing the 
attention of his visitors to the homeUness of 
his mode of living : " If I find," said he, " only 
bread and water in another world, I shall have 
no cause of complaint, because I have been 
accustomed to such fare all my days ; but 
those who have fared sumptuously in this life, 
will, I suspect, be much disappointed in the 
next." We spoke of the camp of his cavalry, 
then stationed near the town ; and of the great 
preparations he seemed to be making against 
the Druses, and other rebel Arahs, with whom 
he was at war. " It is not," said he, " the part 
of a wise man to despise his enemy, whatsoever 
shape he may assume. If he be but a pismire, 
there is no reason why he should be permitted 
to creep upon your cheek while you ar^^ sleep- 
ing." We found we had touched a delicate 
string : he believed these dissensi n ^ had been 
excited in his dominions by Sir Sidney Smith, to 
divert him from the possibility of assisting the 
French, by attacking the Fiziers army in its 
march through Syria; and was much incensed 
while he complained to us of this breach of 
confidence. " I ate," said he, " bread and salt 
with that man; we were together as sworn 
friends. He did what he pleased here. I lent 
