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250 TRAVELS IN EGYPT, NUBIA,
insult or danger, yet in Asia Minor he is at the mercy of
the different agas and chiefs of the country through which he
passes, for whom he must provide himself with presents. He
must wear the Turkish dress, and accustom himself to Turkish
manners ; the roads are rarely free from banditti, or from the
passage of troops; and he will not be exempt from plague.
The vice-consul mentioned an English gentleman who had
undertaken this journey, and finished it with safety. lie
occupied a few days in traversing the island to the port
opposite the coast of Asia Minor; whence, having passed
the sea, he arrived in a fortnight at Constantinople. 1 had
neither time nor means of performing this interesting journey.
I had some difficulty in obtaining the consent of the
Moors to my embarkation, as two of them had their female
slaves on board : it was only on condition that I did not
enter the cabin during the voyage. This being agreed on, I
was allowed to embark ; and was struck by the singularity of
my adventure, in being as badly off in point of accommo-
dation, at the end of three weeks, as when on board the
vessel from Beirutte.
I went on board on the 15th of October, and, on the 2d
of November, anchored in Marsamuscetta harbour at Malta.
During the voyage I had never quitted the deck, fortu-
nately having suffered but once from wet weather: the only
circumstance that happened to interrupt it took place within
insult or danger, yet in Asia Minor he is at the mercy of
the different agas and chiefs of the country through which he
passes, for whom he must provide himself with presents. He
must wear the Turkish dress, and accustom himself to Turkish
manners ; the roads are rarely free from banditti, or from the
passage of troops; and he will not be exempt from plague.
The vice-consul mentioned an English gentleman who had
undertaken this journey, and finished it with safety. lie
occupied a few days in traversing the island to the port
opposite the coast of Asia Minor; whence, having passed
the sea, he arrived in a fortnight at Constantinople. 1 had
neither time nor means of performing this interesting journey.
I had some difficulty in obtaining the consent of the
Moors to my embarkation, as two of them had their female
slaves on board : it was only on condition that I did not
enter the cabin during the voyage. This being agreed on, I
was allowed to embark ; and was struck by the singularity of
my adventure, in being as badly off in point of accommo-
dation, at the end of three weeks, as when on board the
vessel from Beirutte.
I went on board on the 15th of October, and, on the 2d
of November, anchored in Marsamuscetta harbour at Malta.
During the voyage I had never quitted the deck, fortu-
nately having suffered but once from wet weather: the only
circumstance that happened to interrupt it took place within