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they were put to death m his presence. Soon chat. 
afterwards he died ; leaving, as he had predicted, v. 
I. 
Mamaluke slaves and his Georgian and Circassian women, he put 
them all to death, eleven females, by throwing them alive into a well, 
and thus leaving them to expire : he also mutilated a vast number ol 
them, by cutting off their noses, who had had the smallest communi- 
cation with the Mamalukes. It is sui)posed that Djezzar has thirteen 
women in his Charem ; their dresses being made in the town, and a 
billet being sent to the workmen for a dress for such a particular 
number. 
" At four p. M. we re-embark. 
*' April X.h^ 14th. After breakfast, we visited i3/V^2rtr. We brought 
with us a packet, which we requested him to forward by a courier t<> 
Aleppo. ' Am I (said he, in a violent rage) the Suis Bnshi (Chief 
' of the Couriers) ? Your conduct js very extraordinarj'. The first day 
you visit me as a friend ; — you make me no present. You suspected 
* my friendship from the first. Instead of coming directly to Acre, 
* why did you anchor at Caiffa ?' [We were prevented by the wea- 
ther, and our pilot's entire ignorance of the harbour.] ' On the 
' second visit you desire to see the plans of my fortifications ; and 
* while the two others go Avithout, and examine my fortifications, you 
' {addressing himself to Mr. Hamilton) remain with me, open the 
' object of your mission, and wish me to make peace with the Druzes; 
* a subject I cannot bear to advert to.' Mr. Hamilton attempted an 
explanation ; and told him that the simple subject of his inquiry was, 
whether Sir Sidney Smith had interfered in the affair of the Druzes, 
or not ; — that Lord Elgin was extremely sorry to have heard a report 
of that nature ; — that the conduct of those persons who had com- 
municated with the enemies of Djezzar should be strictly inquired 
into: and he concluded by observing, that he hoped Djezzar would 
receive an English Consul at Acre. This, indeed, was the subject of 
the conversation of yesterday. Djezzar had mistaken the whole: 
like a true tyrant, always filled with jealousy and suspicion, he ima- 
gined that we were emissaries from the English, and wished to re- 
establish the affairs of the Druzes. He would hearken to no expla- 
nation ; but entertained suspicions which we saw it would be wholly 
impossible to erase. The Emir Bechir (Prince) of the Druzes, who 
governs the Mountains (of the Lehonon) inhabited by this people and 
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