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86. Then came the officers of the Emir Hadge, particularly those that follow.

87. A chous, or messenger in black. 88. Three standards.

89. Five saddle-camels. 90. Eight led horses.

91. Two seraches.

92. Two janizaries..

93. Two caias of the emir hadge.

94. The hasnadar, or treasurer of the Emir Hadge.

95. Twenty-six saddle.camels.

96. Five horses.

97. One saddle.camel.

98. Twenty-eight men on camels; two of them playing on musical instruments.

99. Five loaded camels.

100. Next came the body of the Azabs. 101. Their two sabederiks.

102. Odabashas.

103. The standard of the Azabs.

104. Three in caftans, who walked. 105. Three azabs in dress of ceremony. 106. The sardar, and his lieutenant. 107. Saddle.camels.

108. Men on loaded camels.

109. Music.

110. A body of azabs.

111. Then followed the janizaries. 112. Two sabederiks of that body. 113. Two janizaries.

114. Two seraches. 115. A standard.

116. Three men walking, in caftans: 117. Three janizaries.

118. The sardar of the janizaries. 119. His lieutenant.

120. Two janizaries. 121. Two saddle-camels.

122. Thirty-four men on camels. 123. Eight loaded camels.

124. A body of janizaries.

125. One standard bearer.

126. Another dressed in a leopard's skin. 127. Oue and twenty chouses.

128. The agas of the seven military bodies, with silver chains hanging from their horses' bridles to their breast-plates.

129. Twelve Beys.

130. Before each of them two shatirs, with black velvet turbans.

131. The trucheman aga.

132. The muteferrica basha. 133. The muteferrica guards. 134. The chousler caia.

135. The guard of chaouses.

136. Then followed the immediate attendants of the Emir Hadge.

137. Eighteen janizaries in their dress of cere.

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138. Four officers of the pasha. 139. Four janizaries.

140. A standard. 141. Two standards,

142. Four Arab sheiks.

143. Two mad sheiks, bare-headed, in white

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144. The Emir Hadge, in a rich caftan, and on a beautiful horse, adorned with the richest trappings.

145. About forty soldiers,

146. Two janizaries.

147. The caia of the divan.

148. Sixty slaves with bows and arrows.

149. Two imans.

150. Four led horses. 151. Three standards. 152. A band of music.

153. Four led camels.

154. Twenty-six camels loaded.

155. Two men on camels.

156. Then came the sheiks of the mosques, and the several companies of tradesmen with their standards, as in the proces sion of the hangings from the castle to the mosque, some of them dancing in the same manner. The fishermen car. rying fish-like serpents, probably eels, tied to the ends of long fishing-rods. 157. Four chouses of the divan. 158. Sixteen janizaries in their high dress, 159. The sheik called Cassani.

160. The great standard, carried by the proper officer on a camel.

161. Five camels; three of them having trappings of very fine embroidery.

162. The covering, as in the other procession.

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As pilgrims visit Mecca for the sole purpose of seeing the Kaba, that wish once gratified,i they have no inducement to delay their return. In a few days, therefore, Captain Blisset and William joined the caravan, which arrived from Damascus the day after their entry into Mecca, on its return northwards. Their road led through the city of Medina, which they had thus an opportunity of seeing, though in no respect does it equal Mecca, either in extent or splendour. It contains, indeed, the tomb of Mahomet, and the Mahometans hold it in great veneration, but, as they do not consider it necessary to visit it, but few frequent it, except those in whose way it lies, as they pass from the north to Mecca. The building, which encloses this tomb, is hung with silk, which is renewed every seven years. It is guarded by forty persons, a quantity of treasure being said to be deposited there, which might, perhaps, tempt some of those who visit it. "For a long time," said Captain Blisset to William, it was believed, in Europe, that the' coffin, which

contained the remains of Mahomet, was a metal one, which being placed between two magnets, of uncommonly large size, one above, and the other below, it remained, as it were, suspended in the air between them; this, however, is not the case, nor does the tomb itself exhibit any thing remarkable in its appearance."

The caravan proceeded from hence to Tambo, which is the sea-port town of Medina, exactly a day's journey from it, and here our travellers found a vessel, which carried them to Suez, at the top of the Red Sea. There was no fear of meeting pirates, but, as the sailors are so unskilful as to be obliged to keep close to the shore, and might thus be exposed to robbery by the Arabs, three other vessels joined company with that in which Captain Blisset em. barked, in order that they might, if necessary, unite to defend themselves.

To avoid the company of the Mahometans, he had hired a cabin aboard, for himself and William, but the number of passengers precluded all possibility of privacy. In the opposite cabin was lodged a wealthy African, as black as jet, who had brought all his family, wives, children, and slaves, consisting of above forty persons; these occupied another cabin adjoining, and, by their crying and noise, gave no little disturbance. The other passengers had hired a place upon deck, where they

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