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subsistence; little expecting what befel us in chap. 
the sequel. The nineteenth was passed in look- . 
ing over and transcribing the Notes for our 
Journals ; and in buying a few books, taken on 
board a French prize, which had been destined 
for the use of the Institute in Egypt. Upon the 
tiuentieth, the wind being less violent, we set out 
for the Turkish frigate, called Sai/ Yaat Ebarey, Turithh 
on board a large barge belonging to the Felicite. ^"s***- 
We pulled to windward as far as Nelsons Island, 
and then hoisted sail. When we arrived on 
board, we were ordered into the ward-room, 
where we were permitted to sling our cots. 
This birth (although contrary to the orders 
given for our reception, which had assigned us 
a place in the Captain's cabin) proved an ad- 
vantageous one to us, as it enabled us to view 
the interior management of a Turkish ship of 
war. It was the rendezvous of all the officers 
on board ; two of whom were Raguscms. These 
men, although entirely under the dominion of 
the Turks, conversed freely upon the ignorance 
and incapacity of their masters, and often enter- 
tained us with an account of their blunders and 
imbecility. They told us, that the superan- 
nuated Captain of the frigate had never been to 
sea before his present voyage ; that, at the age 
of seventy, he had espoused a relation of the 
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