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I98 TRAVELS IN UPPER
The inhabitants of Terrana are ferocious and
malignant. The absence of the Kiaschef, who was
with the army, rendered them still more danger-
ous. We were both threatened and insulted there.
They had heard of my journey in the desert, and
had been told, according to custom, that I had
discovered treasures in it. With these my boat
was supposed to be laden, and the inhabitants of
Terrana formed the design of carrying her off in
the night. We kept upon our guard ; a few people
roved along the shore, but no one ventured to
approach us.
There was a Turk here who manufactured very
fine gunpowder. This poor fellow, though
young, had a feeble voice, and the hair of his
beard was white. These were the consequences
of a fright, into which he was thrown by Ali Bey,
who, suspecting him of furnishing supplies of
powder to the Bedouins, whom he wished to de-
stroy, ordered his head to be cut off. The tyrant
revoked his order the same instant, yet such were
the strong impressions it left behind.
I saw some herons, gulls, and flights of ducks.
The ducks did not stop near Terrana, for, as the
Nile is broad there, and its course straight, there
is commonly a great deal of wind, which raises a
swell, to which they are averse. The direction of
the
The inhabitants of Terrana are ferocious and
malignant. The absence of the Kiaschef, who was
with the army, rendered them still more danger-
ous. We were both threatened and insulted there.
They had heard of my journey in the desert, and
had been told, according to custom, that I had
discovered treasures in it. With these my boat
was supposed to be laden, and the inhabitants of
Terrana formed the design of carrying her off in
the night. We kept upon our guard ; a few people
roved along the shore, but no one ventured to
approach us.
There was a Turk here who manufactured very
fine gunpowder. This poor fellow, though
young, had a feeble voice, and the hair of his
beard was white. These were the consequences
of a fright, into which he was thrown by Ali Bey,
who, suspecting him of furnishing supplies of
powder to the Bedouins, whom he wished to de-
stroy, ordered his head to be cut off. The tyrant
revoked his order the same instant, yet such were
the strong impressions it left behind.
I saw some herons, gulls, and flights of ducks.
The ducks did not stop near Terrana, for, as the
Nile is broad there, and its course straight, there
is commonly a great deal of wind, which raises a
swell, to which they are averse. The direction of
the