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sold at Constantinople; lie formerly belonged to 
Mehemet Ali Paslia; lie bad been to London and 
Paris, and during the Crimean war be was at Kertcb. 
Altogether be was a great traveller, and be bad a 
natural taste for geography and botany, that marked 
him as a wonderful exception to the average of the 
party. He bad run away from his master in Egypt, 
and bad been vagabondizing about in Khartoum in 
handsome clothes, negro-like, persuading himself that 
the public admired him, and thought that he was a 
Bey. Having soon run through his money, he had 
engaged himself to Koorshid Aga to serve in his 
White Nile expedition. He was an excellent example 
of the natural instincts of the negro remaining in¬ 
tact under all circumstances. Although remarkably 
superior to his associates, his small stock of knowledge 
was combined with such an exaggerated conceit, that 
he was to me a perpetual source of amusement, while 
he was positively hated by his comrades, both by 
Arabs and blacks, for his overbearing behaviour. 
Having seen many countries, he was excessively fond 
of recounting his adventures, all of which had so 
strong a colouring of the “ Arabian Nights,” that he 
might have been the original “ Sinbad the Sailor.” 
His natural talent for geography was really extra¬ 
ordinary ; he would frequently pay me a visit, and 
