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hmael is described by English travellers, who chap. 
have since visited jlcre, as a very amiable man, 
and in every respect the very reverse of this 
Herod oi his time. 
After our last interview with Djezzar, we 
* I am an old man : you are children. Look at my beard. — I am choleric ; 
* I know not what may be the consequence ! Had I not been in my 
* own house, I should instantly have bursted forth and died with 
* indignation ! I am now in such a rage, and have talked so much, 
* that I can neither see nor distinguish any of you !' His mouth, at 
different times, was so parched with anger and exertion, that be took 
large draughts of water, and remarked, that he had never drank so 
much water in his life. After a violent conversation of two hours, in 
which the cruelty, the tyranny, the ingratitude of this monster were 
displayed in their blackest colours, we took our departure ; telling 
him, that we would repeat our visit in the evening. 
" In the course of this morning's interview, he told us, that he was 
a just man, and fond of order and regularity. ' If my soldiers touch 
* me, or have the appearance of offering the smallest insult, 1 imme- 
* diately order them to be beheaded. If a man insult a woman, his 
* punishment is the same. If I desire a man to sit down in my pre- 
* sence, and I go out of the apartment, and he quit his seat before 
* my return, the loss of his head is the consequence.' 
" In the afternoon, we again landed, with an intention to visit the 
Pasha ; but we were told by the Dragoman, that he had gone into his 
Charem, and would not be visible this evening: we therefore returned 
to the ship. 
" y^pril 15th. After breakfast we went ashore, with an intention to 
visit Djezzar ; but we were told by his Dragoman, that he had issued 
orders, at the gates of the Seraglio, to refuse our admission. We then 
inquired if it were possible to hire horses, to pass by land to Tripoli: 
the Dragoman answered in the negative ; for there would be no 
security for our persons. We then determined to get under weigh, 
and proceed to Tripoli by sea. At one p. m. we were unmoored, and 
got out of the bay, with a small breeze from the northward." 
