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CHAPTER XXYIII. 
THE ARAB MULETEER. 
A most indispensable and striking character in Syrian 
travel is the Arab muleteer. Every party of Frangi has its 
baggage train of mules; and generally every mule has its 
MUSTAFA, THE ARAB MULETEER. 
separate owner, who does the driving, feeding, loading, and 
smoking. These mules are hired at Beirut, or wherever the 
starting point may be, by the dragoman, who makes his own 
