room, the door o f which opened to the lobby where hit fol-
diers or fervants were. There was a flave ve fy richly'dflel-
fed, who had a fmall balket with oranges in his hand, who
came out at another door, as i f from the Bey, and laid to
me, “ Here, Yagoube, here is fomc fruit for you.”
I n that country it is not the value oft'hc prefep't, blit the
character and power o f the perfon that fends it, that creates
the value ; 20,000 men that fleptin Cairo that night would '
have thought the day the Bey g a y é 'them at an, audience:
the worft orange in that bafketyhéhappièft orié ihyhe irlife ..
I t is a mark, ó f friendfhip ahdprótéélidn, and the bell o f alii
aflurances. Well; accuftomed to ceremonies o f this kind,,
I took a finale orange,bowing low to the man that gave it
me, who whifpered trie, “ l’ut your hand to the. bottoni,
the bell is from 'tliè
Bey.” A . purle wks eiceedingly vifible. It was a large
^crimfon one wrought With gold, n o t . netted órhránTpáréñt
*ás ours are, but 'liken a flocking. I lifted‘lfo u t - there Were
a cdnfiderable number p f fequiris in it ; I put li'tb m y mouth
and killed 'it, in refpeift from whence it caimé, -and Vaid to
the yoú'ng man that held the balket, “ This is, indeed, the
bell fruit, at leali commonly thought fo, but- it is,'forbidden
fruit for me. The Bey’s proté<5£iòn dn'dfavhhr is;more.
agreeable to .ine than a thoufáiid fúch puffés Woüid be.”
T he fervant íhewed a prodigious furprife Ih ffiort, nothing
can be more incredible to a. Turk, whatever his quality
may be, than to think 'that any man'can refufe'm'oijey
offered him. Although I exprefled iriyfelf with táe'ufriioll.
gratitude and humility, finding.it impóílible to. prevail upon
me, the thing appeared fo extraordinary, that a beggar
in a barracan, dreffed like thofe Haves who carry water, and
walh the flairs, ihould refufe a purfe o f gold, he could no-
longer confent to my going away, but carried me back to
Where the Bey was ftill fitting. He was looking at a large-
pièce o f yellow fattin. Hè alked the ufual queftion, “ How,
now ? What is the matter.? To which his Have gave him a
long anfwer in Turkilh. B e laid down the fattin, turned
to me, and faid, “ Why, what is this ? You mull furely w ant
money; that is not your ufual drefs? What! does this proceed
from your pride ?”
“ S i r , anfwered I, may I beg leave t to fa y two words to-
you? There is not a man-to whom you ever gave money
more gratef ul, or more fenfible o f your generolity in oilèf-
in g it me, than I am at this prefent. The reaf'on o f my
waiting Upon you in this drefs was, becaufè it is "only a.
few hours ago lince I left the boat.' I am not however a needy
man, or one that is diftrelled for money; that being the,
cafe, and as y o u have already 111 y. prayers for -your charity,
I would not deprive you o f thofe o f the widow and:
the orphan, whom that money may very materially relieve.
Julian and Rofa, the firft houfe in Cairo,, will, furnilh me
with what money I require; befides, I am in the ferviée
o f the greateft;king in Europe, who would not fail to fup-
ply me abundantly if my necefirties required it, as I am
travelling for his fervice.”t«?“ This being fo, lays the.Bey,,
with great looks o f qomplacency, what is in my power to
do for you? You are a ftranger how where I-command;
you are my father’s ftranger likewife, and that is a double
obligation upon me: What ihall 1 do?”— “ There are,-faid:
I; .things that'you could do, and you only, i f it were not too >
g r e a t .