ACRE. 
to him ; telling him, at the same time, that he chap. 
would never enjoy a peaceful dominion while ^ 
and at half past seven, bring-to at the entrance of the harbour of 
Acre. A boat came from the town, which undertook to bring the 
vessel into the harbour. Our pilot, it appeared, was a sort of harbour- 
master, and has constantly twenty men employed for his assistance. 
As soon as the vessel was moored, the Captain of the port stripped 
himself, made a dive under the vessel's bottom, and told us there were 
four feet of water between the keel and the anchoring ground. The 
man was extremely old ; and we were surprised at his activity and 
attention: however, upon inquiry, he said, that he obeyed the orders 
of Dj'ezzar, who would immediately take off his head should an acci- 
dent happen to any ships moored in tlie harbour of ^cre. After a 
salute of thirteen 'guns, which was returned by Djezzar's batteries, 
we landed, with a view to pay our compliments to the Pasha. Djezzar 
was sitting in a small apartment at the farther extremity of a court in 
the upper floor of the Seraglio. The court was planted with orange and 
lemontrees,and other shrubs ; andoneside was occupied by the Charem. 
" Djezzar received us in a very gracious manner ; saying, that he 
had always loved the English, because they were a brave nation ; and 
seemed to insinuate that his friendship was perfectly disinterested^ 
that he was independent of all ; that he had plenty of guns and troops 
of his own; in short, that he was able to defend himself without the 
assistance of others. When we inquired with respect to the march of 
the Vizier through Syria, and his return from Egypt to Constanti- 
nople, he replied, ' I know not which way he is gone ; they say he 
* is now at Damascus ; he will scarcely leave a beard or mustachio in 
* any town that he passes through. When he was at Cairo, he 
' desired me to send timber for his army: my reply was, / am not a 
' seller of wood.' So thzX Djezzar fully explained his situation and his 
politics ; continually launching forth in his own praises ; at the same 
-time that he abused the Vizier and his creatures. ' The Vizier {said he) 
* has rich dresses and precious ornaments in abundance ; but hfe 
' carries all his wealth on his person. I am a Bosniac, a rough unpo- 
* lished soldier, not accustomed to courts and politeness, but bred in 
' camps and in the field. T have no handsome pelisses nor fine 
' shawls : my troops, however, are well paid, and numerous. I am 
' expert {added he) in the management of a sabre: with a single 
* stroke of my sword, I have cut in two the barrel of a musket.* 
*' Djezzar 
