112 ACRE. 
*^m ^'' Passages of Scripture, where mention is made 
'— V ' of a custom among Oriental women of " putting 
the eyes in painting f and which our English 
Translators of the Bible', unable to reconcile 
with their notions of a female toilet, have 
rendered " painfmg theface^ Whether the in- 
teresting conversation to which the observance 
of this custom gave rise, or any other cause, 
prevented the Consul from informing us of an 
order of the Pasha, is now of no moment; but it 
was after the hour of eight when we left his hos- 
pitable mansion to return on board the Romulus ; 
Attack and Djezzar had decreed that no boat should 
made upon 
the Long, pass thc bar of the inner harbour after that hour. 
Romulus. The crew of the long-boat were pulling stoutly 
for the ship, when, jusi as we were rowing 
beneath the tower of the battery that guards 
the inner harbour, a volley of large stones 
came like cannon-shot upon us from above, 
dashed the oars from the hands of our sailors, 
and wounded three of them severely. It was 
very fortunate that none of their brains were 
beat out, for some of the stones weighed several 
pounds. The cries of our wounded men gave 
us the first alarm ; and presently another volley 
drove us back with all possible speed towards 
(l) 9, KingSy\-x..ZO. "And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel 
heard of it, and she 2^ain(ed her face, and tired her head," &c. 
