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three hours, we came to a village called Tatche- 
heui: the inhabitants were Turks. We had here 
an opportunity of knowing the sort of treatment ^""^'^^*""'- 
we should have experienced, if we had arrived 
in any other manner, than as forming a part of 
the suite of a Turkish Ambassador. The inha- 
bitants would not permit us to pass their doors 
unmolested. Through the influence of the Am- 
bassador, having gained admission into one of 
their houses, we were called upon to retire 
whenever a female wished to pass in or out; 
and the Turks would have driven us from the 
the village at the points of their poniards, but 
for his powerful interference. 
The same cultivated land appeared in leav- 
ing Tatchekeui; but the country became after- 
wards rather more hilly. We had a journey of 
six hours from this village to the town of 
Lazgarat, where we passed the night. The 
houses were almost all cottages ; but neat and 
clean. In the room where we slept, the foot 
of a mole was suspended by a string from 
the roof, as a remedy for disorders of the 
head. During our journey this day, we noticed 
in the plains a small quadruped, that we have Remark- 
. . ••IT ^^'^ Qua- 
reason to believe is a non-descript animal. It dmped. 
resembled a squirrel ; but it burrowed in the 
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