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HOLY LAND, AND CYPRUS. 193
through the town and examining its exterior. I had no
inclination to visit the reigning Pasha, whose favour would
only have been shown by a permission to enter the principal
mosque; for which, I learnt, the attendants would require a
much larger sum than I was disposed to give.
The town stands on a point of low land, is much smaller
than I had supposed, irregularly and meanly built, though
most of the houses are of stone: none of the mosques are
remarkable except the principal one above mentioned; this
is large, its roof formed by a handsome cupola, surmounted
by one very lofty minaret. It was built by Djezzar, and
is rich in marbles. Near the mosque are the seraglios of the
Pasha and his prime minister and favourite, Ali; which are
distinguished only by the extent of blank wall surrounding
them. The bazars were filled with shops, and much crowded
in the early part of the morning. The number of inhabitants
about five thousand.
The government of the Pasha, who is named Soliman,
extends to Beirutte on one side and to Gaza on the other,
and comprehends the countries in an encircling boundary
line to Nazareth and Tiberias. He was a slave and favourite
of Djezzar; who, when the latter was made Pasha of Da-
mascus, employed him as his lieutenant. He enriched him-
self in this station, and procured his present dignity by
money. He is considered a quiet inoffensive man, governed
2 c
through the town and examining its exterior. I had no
inclination to visit the reigning Pasha, whose favour would
only have been shown by a permission to enter the principal
mosque; for which, I learnt, the attendants would require a
much larger sum than I was disposed to give.
The town stands on a point of low land, is much smaller
than I had supposed, irregularly and meanly built, though
most of the houses are of stone: none of the mosques are
remarkable except the principal one above mentioned; this
is large, its roof formed by a handsome cupola, surmounted
by one very lofty minaret. It was built by Djezzar, and
is rich in marbles. Near the mosque are the seraglios of the
Pasha and his prime minister and favourite, Ali; which are
distinguished only by the extent of blank wall surrounding
them. The bazars were filled with shops, and much crowded
in the early part of the morning. The number of inhabitants
about five thousand.
The government of the Pasha, who is named Soliman,
extends to Beirutte on one side and to Gaza on the other,
and comprehends the countries in an encircling boundary
line to Nazareth and Tiberias. He was a slave and favourite
of Djezzar; who, when the latter was made Pasha of Da-
mascus, employed him as his lieutenant. He enriched him-
self in this station, and procured his present dignity by
money. He is considered a quiet inoffensive man, governed
2 c