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302 TRAVELS .IN AFRICA.',. thistory.A Jew bid for a Jew: of course some pretext in the. way pfinculpation is requisite in order to save.appearances, for the advantil.g~sof morallife; but that is readily found in such a case. He offered t oth~Sultan a specific SUll, to get out of his brotller aH he cOldp-by the aidof pincers and hot irons. The speculation was thought a.good one, because,even if no pecuniary advantage followed, tbe pleasures of thetorture were certain. The person bid for, of course.defended himselfat the same weapons. Protection by some person of cousequençe 18now chiefly sought by them, as is always th~ qasewh~r~ .a people/hasnone, or merely a nominal one, fronl the laws; nominalindeed here, ifextant at aIl. For it may readily bejudged how effectuaI these mustbe to the purpose, when originating in, and administered by, those whphave an interest in their perversion.In{ieed a case will hardly be sUP..posed in which a Jew should recul' to Mohpmmedan ]aw for support,tais is mostly general moral; and as tp that of the land, it is aIl in th!3mouth of the monarch of the day. DuCthe mor~ dependent a sitpationis, the more facilitiesit will possess of that substitute caU~d protection;for it must pay tne higher price, beprepared to make the greatersacrifices,to obtaÎn it. Hence its numerous instances here. Such drudges,. . .such services, so easily rewarded, readily find nl-asters. And undersuchas have any consequence, the Jew's case is materially altered.Thegreat man's Je.w must not be molested with impunity;. indeedtheformer takes as an offcnce to himself, the very touching'the hem of.hisdependent's garment;and resentmel1t accordingly ensues: so COII)­pletely does he idel1tify \Vith the idea of property. Protection, however,lS aIl the wages paid. lt is strange to see a nation once sobrave aqcl.warlike humiliated to this degree. It seems as jf aIl theÎr ~nergy leftthemwith the destruction of tbeir temple,: like the bees, too, in anotherrespect, they clung with an instinctive perseverance to ils cinders tothe '~ast, until indeed t~)ey aftorded an item in the sad catalogue of vic..