Beaufort, Francis: Karamania, or a brief description of the south coast of Asia-Minor and of the remains of antiquity: with plans, views, &c. ; collected during a survey of that coast, under the orders of the lords commissioners of the admiralty, in the years 1811 & 1812 (London, 1817)

114 ADALIA.

" Feed and clothe those Christian dogs,
and then bring them into my presence."
Such is the real meaning of the dinner
and pelisses given to ambassadors and
their suites; and something similar,
though more or less covered according
to circumstances, is blended with every
present. At Adalia, however, many
considerations rendered me more than
ordinarily reluctant to shock the preju-
dices of the people : indeed the success
of our future labours, might, perhaps,
materially depend on our leaving favour-
able impressions. The present was, there-
fore, accepted; it consisted of bullocks,
goats, fowls, and vegetables, and was
attended by two officers of rank. Hav-
ing ascertained the taste and the wants
of the Bey, I presented him, on the fol*
lowing day, with a small cask of gun-
powder, some dozens of ale and porter,
and a few trifling articles of English ma-
nufacture : the cask and the baskets were
ornamented with green, the sacred colour