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232 TRAVELS IN EGYPT, NUBIA,
the signal for their assembly, would be thirty thousand
men. . .
The conduct of the emir, in putting out the eyes of his
rivals, was palliated. He had been averse from this mode
of punishment, but obliged to consent, in consequence of
the remonstrances of the principal men of his party. He
paid tribute to the Pasha of Acri, and, when called on,
furnished his quota of troops. In a late attack on a usurp-
ing Pasha of Bagdad, he had marched with six thousand
horse and foot, who were considered the best soldiers in
the army.
The emir was described as a man of mild disposition,
continent, and inclined to domestic life. He drank no wine,
ate but one meal, taken at mid-day, smoked as much as
most Eastern people, and drank coffee in the same propor-
tion. His employment Avas chiefly in improving his palace,
built from his own plan. He had three sons, two of whom
had governments in other parts of Mount Libanon ; and one,
a youth, remained at Eddin. His wife was alive ; she some-
times made her appearance in the costume of the country,
adorned with a golden horn on her head, enriched with pre-
cious stones, instead of the ordinary one of the other Avomen
of the mountain.
In the management of his affairs, the emir employed a
Turk, a Maronite, and a Druze. The two former were
the signal for their assembly, would be thirty thousand
men. . .
The conduct of the emir, in putting out the eyes of his
rivals, was palliated. He had been averse from this mode
of punishment, but obliged to consent, in consequence of
the remonstrances of the principal men of his party. He
paid tribute to the Pasha of Acri, and, when called on,
furnished his quota of troops. In a late attack on a usurp-
ing Pasha of Bagdad, he had marched with six thousand
horse and foot, who were considered the best soldiers in
the army.
The emir was described as a man of mild disposition,
continent, and inclined to domestic life. He drank no wine,
ate but one meal, taken at mid-day, smoked as much as
most Eastern people, and drank coffee in the same propor-
tion. His employment Avas chiefly in improving his palace,
built from his own plan. He had three sons, two of whom
had governments in other parts of Mount Libanon ; and one,
a youth, remained at Eddin. His wife was alive ; she some-
times made her appearance in the costume of the country,
adorned with a golden horn on her head, enriched with pre-
cious stones, instead of the ordinary one of the other Avomen
of the mountain.
In the management of his affairs, the emir employed a
Turk, a Maronite, and a Druze. The two former were