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,HOLY LAND, AND CYPRUS. . 75Sti»oying the petty chiefs of the country, they had armed,five or six thousand blacks; that one of their beys had beenable to cast cannon; and that amongst the Mamelouks therewere eight English and ten French deserters.The Greek, who at first pretended to be a Turk, tookme aside, showed me the sign of the cross on his arm, and^by way of exciting my compassion, broke out, in had English,in Execration of the Turks.After waiting a short time in the caravansera, the son ofthe cashief came in, attended by a number of half-clothed,attendants, squatted himself down in one corner of the room,took me by the harid, and welcomed me. On receiving hisfather's letter, he got up, ran out to have it read by theimam, and returned presently, offering me every thing Iwished. He was about to order food to be brought; butbeing told I should not eat it, begged me to return to myboat, and in the evening visit him again*On arriving at my boat, I found he had sent me a kidand a bowl of bread, in the centre of which was the preserveof datra before mentioried; for which I returned him a preseritof a gold: ring of trifling vahie. In the evening I wenton shore; and the young ^.shief, rather better dressed thanin the morning, having the additidli of a sword by his sideand my ring on his thumb, received me iri tiie open air withan affectation of manly dignity, seated himself on the ^onnd,ΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗL 2