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others, about midnight, and seemed to conduct 
himself as a chief amonoc these rebels. Our 
Tchohodar addressed him with his usual saluta- 
tion among Moslems, " Salam aleikoum, Effendir 
" Peace be with you, Sir/" but he made no reply. 
While he was drinking his coffee, pointing to 
us, he said, in a surly tone, " /T/fo are these 
French dogs P and what is their business heref" 
" They are not Frenchmen, Effendi!" said the 
Tchohodar, "but the greatest enemies oi French- 
men : they are Englishmen, and the friends of all 
true Moslems /" — " Don't tell us of Englishmen^' 
said he, evidently displeased, and striking the 
floor with the butt-end of his tophaike : "we 
know none of your distinctions: a djoivr is a 
djoivr ! dare you deny that?" The Tchohodar 
added, " that he was not disposed for con- 
tradiction ; that it was truly Ramazan ' time ; 
and not a season for quarrelling:" — upon 
which, another of the gang said, " Yes ! it is 
Ramazan time ; and we mean to celebrate it : 
we have lighted one Jire already in Fairy for 
the Ramazan ; and we intend to light other Jires 
before the Ramazan is ended!" To all which 
(l) The different mode of usinjj tliis word is thus explained. 'J'lie 
Turks, Persians, and Indians, call it Ramazan ; but the Jrals, from 
whom the word came, Ramadan. 
