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14^ TRAVELS IN UPPER
The next day I went with Malliim Yousef to the
house of the prince., which was very inferior to thai
of the pretended mendicants. He recollected me
immediately, as having asked of him at Cairo some
assistance toward the journey which I was on the
point of undertaking. He received me very po-
litely, and made me the most gracious offers. But
he counselled me, like all those with whom I held
any conversation, to embark on the Nile, and to
abandon the mode of travelling by land, which 1
had adopted, because the roads were infested by-
highwaymen in great numbers. On withdrawing
I gave him to understand that I had some bottles
of liquors to present him with, and that I would
send them to him the next day. He called me
back, and although he was just on the point of
mounting his horse, he begged me not to delay
making him a present which flattered him ex-
tremely, and he promised me that he would not;
go out till he had received them.
The Schelch Dervisch was the son of Ammam, a
prince of the Arabs, celebrated in Egypt for his
intimacy with Ali Bey. He was young, very fat,
and of a figure which displayed goodness and mild-
ness. He had a great relish for sensual pleasures.
Women and strong liquors formed his prevailing
tastes; he was withal, of all the Arabs, the gen-
tlest and most courteous.
The
The next day I went with Malliim Yousef to the
house of the prince., which was very inferior to thai
of the pretended mendicants. He recollected me
immediately, as having asked of him at Cairo some
assistance toward the journey which I was on the
point of undertaking. He received me very po-
litely, and made me the most gracious offers. But
he counselled me, like all those with whom I held
any conversation, to embark on the Nile, and to
abandon the mode of travelling by land, which 1
had adopted, because the roads were infested by-
highwaymen in great numbers. On withdrawing
I gave him to understand that I had some bottles
of liquors to present him with, and that I would
send them to him the next day. He called me
back, and although he was just on the point of
mounting his horse, he begged me not to delay
making him a present which flattered him ex-
tremely, and he promised me that he would not;
go out till he had received them.
The Schelch Dervisch was the son of Ammam, a
prince of the Arabs, celebrated in Egypt for his
intimacy with Ali Bey. He was young, very fat,
and of a figure which displayed goodness and mild-
ness. He had a great relish for sensual pleasures.
Women and strong liquors formed his prevailing
tastes; he was withal, of all the Arabs, the gen-
tlest and most courteous.
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