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188 TRAVELS 1 N AFRICA.snbsistence. As such~ the politieal independent princes of his creedsend l]im a tribute of acknowledgement. That which~goes hence usu..al1y consists of saltpett'e, which the humidity of this climate produces:in abundance, and which if! an article always in request at that metropolis.The Sultan had obtained, for its conveyance thijher, onr vesseIf:rom the English go\rernment (after two years' soIicitation); and upon herarrivai here, the commander imulediately went on~sbore for the ptmHpseof announcing it. Hereupon, a daiJy supply of bullocks, sheep, andbread was sent on board, adequate to the consrtmptiQI}. ?ffifty IQen.This was profusion to those wb~ had ta use it; but the calculation wasnot beyond the ds of reascm, when one recollects how numerorllsaretheir own crews insmaller vessels.This is the place appointed by the Sultan for 'the, reception of embassiesfrom his tributary stat.es of Europe, in. consideration of the lenitywberewith, ill.~~ present day, he de' ta wield the trident oftheocean:' Such at least is theself-cQmplace ' h na' al val1îty,about eq..al1y alive here as at Pekin orat c(i;pltaJ, ta.kes ofthe subject•.For this purpos~, howeve was now here. Butdelays intervening upon the occmajesty's patience, 1it~habituated to llrook the like, bein ,ily exhausted, he took his departure.Hereby fortunately is af(orded to the European diplomatistsopportunity of trying, in~ their waYSti their respective talents at the seatof government, to their anxious suites a long-wish~d opportunit3 of\'iewing ~tbe country.'''hen his majesty set out for Mo.cco, prohibition was issued againststrangers, any more than his own subjects, profaning t1lie royal precinct,:wberever tbat rnight be, bY,obtrusive\\exes and observ,!ions. r lew,thete could only take place from an awful distancas a f5 the tbrone. N~tions, whether bord