San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-24
CHAPTER XXXVH.

Having written his letter, Sid ben
Ahmed proposed that Mrs. Goodwin
should await the return of Moll before
setting out for England, very graciously
offering her the hospitality of his house
meanwhile, and this offer she willingly
accepted. And now, there being no rea-
son for my staying i'll Elche, Dawson
gladly agreed l should accompany him,
the more so as knew more of the Moors'
language than he. Going down with us
to the water side, Don Sanchez gave us
some very good hints for our behavior
in Barbary, bidding us, above every
thing, be very careful not to break any
of the laws of that country. "For, "
says he, 81 have seen three men hanged
there for merely casting Turk into the
sea in drunken frolic. -
"Be assured I'll touch nothing but
water for my drink" says Dawson,
taking this warning to his share.
Be careful" continues the don, "to
pay for all you have, and take not so
much as an orange from tree by the
wayside without first laying fleece or
two on the ground. warn you that
they, though upright enough among
themselves, are crafty and treacherous
toward strangers, whom they regard as
their natural enemies, and they will
tempt you to break the law either by
provoking quarrel or putting you to
some unlawful practice, that they may
annul your firman and claim you as con-
victed outlaws for their slaves. For
stealing pullet have seen the flesh
beaten off the sOles of an English sailors
feet and he and his companions con-
demned to slavery for life.
"I'll lay a dozen fleeces on the ground
for every sour orange may take, " says
Dawson. land, as for quarreling, a
Turk shall pull my nose before ever a
curse shall pass my lips. "
With these and other eXhortatiOns
and promises we parted, and lying
aboard that night we set sail by day
break the next morning, having a very
| fair gale of the l2Ed, ard 10 ships i'll
| the'wOrld being better than these gal
leys for swiftness we made an excellent
SOON D'lGCtAsSas 81 N-ls1N ~ VIC tbllCCiN th
ourselves half over tho voyage we sight
ed Algiers, looking like nothing bat a
great chalk quarry for the white houses
built up the side Of the hill.
We landed at the mole, which is a
splendid construction some /, 800 feet or
Whereabouts in length with the forts)
forming a beautiful terrace walk sup
ported by arches, beneath which large,
| splendid magazines, all the most hand
some in the world, I think. Thence our
captain led us to the Cassanabah, a huge,
heavy, square. brick building, surround
ed by high, massive walls and defended
by 100 pieces Of ordnance, cannons and
mortars, all told. Here the dey or ba-
shaw lives with his family, and below
are many roomy Offices for the discharge
of business. Our captain takes us into a
vast waiting hall where over 100 Moors
were patiently attending an audience of
/ the dey's minister, and there we also
might have fingered the whole day and
gone away ct night unsatisfed Gas many
of these Moors do, day after day, but
| that counts for nothing with these en-
during people,, but having hint from
| our friend we found occasion to slip q
ducat in the hand of go between Off
Ger, who straightway led rs to his mas
ter. Our captain having presented us,
with all the usual ceremonies, the gran
dee takes our letter from Sid ben All
med, reads it, and without further ado
signs and seals us a traders pass for 2S
days, to end at sunset the, day after the
lofestival of Ranadan. With this paper
Awe went off in high glee, thG fixing that
S hours of safe conduct GOULD have
ufficed us. And 50 to-al q fling house
Vhere we treated our friel sly captain
the best. and greasiug hi HSl1s..-.