gree o f nobility much refpe&ed among-thee Arabs, diffin—
guiihed by wearing a green turban; The- Daveina, when
they burnt all the country between Teawa and Beyla, faved
this man’s houfe,-effe<ffs,and crop, in veneration o f his fanili-
ty, T-hefe-two w ere fitting -on each fide o f Shekh Fidele;
and before him flood two black Haves holding each a moa^
ilreus long broad-fword, I approached thefe powers, ecc
clefiaftical and civil, with great compofure, as i f nothing
had happened ; but Ifmael, the Turk, had almoit fpoiled
my gravity, for, fee ing the fwords in the men’s hands be*,
fore Fidele, he faid, in his barbarous language, loud enough
to be heard,- “ O, h o , . they have got their feabbards upon -,
their fwords to-day.”
F i d e l e feemed to Rave a -v e ry ferene countenance,- t ill'
we approached nearer, when, feeing the piftols in our giddies,
he appeared - rather difcompofed, and probably he
thought the blunderbufs was not far o ff ; I made him, however,
a bow, and fhook him by the hand; I likewife made an*,
other bow to their two holineffes.. As people of-that fanc-
tity feldom -chufe to have, even their, cloaths, touched by
unbelievers in public, I made no further advance towards
them. T he fherriffe no foon e rfaw Ifmael’s turban, than
he got up, took him in his arms, and* as he was an older
man than himfelf, though all in rags, kiffed his forehead -
with great refpeft.. This was returned by Hagi Ifm a el,,
firft kiffing his forehead and then his hand; after.which,
the Moullah did the fame, as 1 thought with rather lefs -
ceremony. Ifmael gave a very flight falutation o f Salama i
to the Shekh, and we all fat down.
“ B r o t h e r ,
“ "B r o t h e r , fays theiherriffe to Ifmael,youTeem a ftranger
in this country.” , “ l am a. Ttirk, anfwered-ifmael, born in
Anatolia, a janizary o f Ali Bey at Cairo,” “ He came; fays
Shekh Fidele, to Habefh, with their-Kafr, the Abuna or great
griefl, and is returning-tb Cairo witlr that white man,, w ho •
is phyfiCian to Ali Bey.” “ Kafr there, or K a fr here, continued
Ifmael (who did but h a lf unde-rftand What was faid)
the greateft o f all -Kafrs (that islnfidel) is, J believe, in Teawa.
I do not think there is o n eM u ilu lm a n in.this curfed
place.” ft Is this the Frank, fays the- Moullah, whofe fer-
vant brought letters to the Shekh o f Beyla, fome weeks
ago, and was forwarded to Sennaar ?” “ No, fays Fidele, he
does not know , the Shekh o f Beyla.” “ I am fure, fays the
Moullah, that, fuch a day, when. I was at Sennaar, there
was a talk, of- a man o f this kind; whofe fervamt was at
Aira with Shekh Adelan, and had orders to -come hither
with a fervant o f his, and one from the k in g ;.a n d I am
fure, upon refleition,-continued -the Moullah, this mull be -
the man.”, “ Shekh, fays he, tu rnin g; to me,., (who. fat Client,,
overjoyed at the train J faw*the affair taking) did y o u
come from Habelh ? have you letters- for Sennaar ?’’ “ I
Game from Habelh, replied I, with letters to- the k in g o f
Sennaar; 1ikewafe.lettera.-to- him from the fherriffe o f Mecca,
and from Ali B e y o f Gairo, (you are-welcome to fe e -
them.all,) yet,: contrary to faith, obferved even in Pagan.
nations, Tam here detained by-Shekh Fidele, who laft night
attempted to murder me in his own hsufe, becaufel would
not pay him 200,0.piaftres.” Shekh Fidele’s face turned pale;
he could fcarcely utter, “ That is not true.” ‘“ As that book
is the word o f God, fays Ifmael, (pointing to the Koran, lyr
in g in the-iherriffe’s lap) it is every word true. Look upon*
myy