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A CRUSADE IN THE EAST. 
Several of the horses belonging to Dr. Mendoza’s party, and 
our own three, were twisted up in a convulsed group, in all 
the fury of mortal combat ! Syed Sulemin was standing on 
his hind-legs in the very midst of the contending parties, 
striking out frantically with his fore-legs in every direction. 
The iron-gray, with his head outside of the circle, was kick¬ 
ing behind him to the extreme extent of his power; and Sal- 
adin—alas, that I should be called upon to narrate so dis¬ 
graceful a proceeding on the part of a descendant of the re¬ 
nowned Ashrik ! Saladin, regardless of that high fraternal 
spirit which should prevail even among horses against a com¬ 
mon enemy, was biting Syed Sulemin ! actually tearing and 
torturing with his teeth the very flesh out of the rear of a 
fellow-warrior ! Well might the noble Sulemin keenly feel 
this unkindest cut of all—the common enemy bearing down 
upon him on the right and on the left and in front; and a 
sharp fire in the rear from one who should have given him 
all needful aid and comfort. 
All the Arabs belonging to both parties were running 
around with cudgels in their hands beating the horses, and 
striving by that means, and by the most terrific shouts, to 
separate them. Emanuel Balthos, the dragoman of the Portu¬ 
guese party, was also running about; but he was judiciously 
beating the Arabs for suffering the horses to fight, and not 
the horses for fighting. Yusef upon seeing that some of his 
own Arabs received the chief portion of the punishment, rush¬ 
ed into the battle and cudgeled the Arabs of Emanuel Balthos. 
Doctor Mendoza, apprehensive that the fight was becoming 
general, danced all about, tearing his hair, and calling upon 
Yusef and Emanuel and the Arabs and the horses—all to 
stop fighting for God’s sake, or it would frighten the Madam 
out of “his wits.” He shouted in Portuguese, in French, in 
Italian, in English ; he protested that the “ Madam was in¬ 
dispose that it was “ necess to remain tranquil,” but all 
in vain—there was no stopping the fight ; and in the ex¬ 
tremity of his despair, he wrung his hands, and groaned— 
“ ’Tis imposs ! ’tis imposs !” The Madam shrieked wildly, in 
her anxiety for the safety of the Doctor ; she shrieked alter- 
