CLA'RKE 8 TRAVELS. 
water in another world, I shall have no cause of com* 
plaint, because I have been accustomed to such fare all my 
days:; but those who have fared sumptuously in this life, will, 
1 suspect, be much disappointed in the next.” We spoke of 
the camp of his cavalry, then stationed near the town; and of 
the great preparations he seemed to be making against the 
Dr uses, and other rebel Arabs, with whom he was at war. “ It 
is not,” said he, u the part of a wise man to despise his enemy, 
whatsoever shape he may assume. If he be but a pismire, 
there is no reason why he should be permitted to creep upon 
your cheek while you are sleeping.” We found we had 
touched a tender string : he believed these dissection's had 
been excited in his dominions by Sir Sidney Smith, to divert 
him from the possibility of assisting the French, by attacking 
the Yizier’s army in its march through Syria; and was much 
incensed while he complained to us of this breach of confi¬ 
dence. “ I ate,” said he, “ bread and salt with that man ; we 
were together, as sworn friends. He did what he pleased here. 
I lent him my staff;* he released all my prisoners,! many of 
whom w ere in my debt, and never paid me a para. What en¬ 
gagements with him have I violated ? What promises have I 
not fulfilled ? What requests have I denied ? I wished to 
combat the French by his side; but he has taken care that I 
shall be confined at home, to fight against my own people. 
Have I merited such treatment ?” When he was a little pa¬ 
cified, we ventured to assure him that he had listened to his 
own and to Sir Sidney’s enemies; that there did not exist a 
man more sincerely allied to him; and that the last commission 
we received, previously to our leaving the fleet, were Sir Sid¬ 
ney’s memorials of his regard for Djezzar Pacha. In proof of 
this, I presumed to lay before him the present Sir Sidney had 
entrusted to my care. It was a small but very elegant teles¬ 
cope, with silver slides. He regarded it however with dis¬ 
dain, saying, it had too splendid an exterior for him; and 
taking down an old ship glass, that hung above his head, cover¬ 
ed with greasy leather, added, u Humbler instruments serve 
my purposes; besides, you may tell Sir Sidney that Djezzar, 
old as he is, seldom requires the aid of a glass to view what 
* A short crutch, frequently inlaid with mother of pearl, of which I cannot recollect 
the oriental name, serves men of rank in the east to support their bodies while sitting 
erect. Djezzar always had one of these; and the possession of it enabled the bearer 
to exercise the authority of the pacha himself. 
•f Djez'zar’sprisoners were confined in,a dungeon beneath the apartment wherein 
he lived; so that all persons ascending or descending the staircase leading to hib 
chambers passed the grated window of their jail. 
