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him my staff ^; he released all my prisoners', chap. 
many of whom were in my debt, and never paid 
me a para. What engagements with him have I 
violated ? What promises have I not fulfilled ? 
What requests have I denied ? I wished to 
combat the French by his side; but he has taken 
care that I shall be confined at home, to fight 
against my own people. Have I merited sucli 
treatment?" When he was a little pacified, we 
ventured to assure him that he had listened to 
his own and to Sir Sidney s enemies ; that there 
did not exist a man more sincerely his riend ; 
and that the last commission we received, pre- 
viously to our leaving the fleet, were Sir Sidneys 
memorials of his regard for Djezzar Pasha. In 
proof of this, we presumed to lay before him the 
present Sir Sidney had entrusted to our care. 
It was a small but very elegant telescope, with 
silver slides. He regarded it, however, with 
disdain, saying, it had too splendid an exterior 
for him ; and taking down an old ship glass. 
(1) A short cnitch, frequently inlaid with mother of pearl, of which the 
author cannot recollect the Oriental name, serves men of rank in the Enst 
to support their bodies while sitting erect. Djezzar always had one of 
these ; and the possession of it enabled the bearer to exercise the authority 
of the Pasha himself. 
(2) Djezzar s prisoners were confined in a dungeon beneath the apart- 
ment in which he lived ; so that all persons ascending or descending the 
staircase leading to his chambers passed the grated window of their jail. 
