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    hang ths peasant to one of its branches . The order was obeyed , and the governor returned to his house . The next morning he went again to the granary , and saw a man bringing in a large quantity of corn * He asked who he was , and what quantity he had brought ; and was answered , by the hangman of the preceding night , ' This is the man , Sir , whom I

    hanged by your orders last night ; and he has brought 160 ardefrbs . ' What ! ' exclaimed the governor ; ' has he risen from the dead ? * He was answered , ' No , Sir : I hanged him so that his toes touched the ground : and when you were gone I untied the rope : you did not ordet me to kill him . ' The Turk muttered , ' Aha ! hanging and killing ar 6 different things : Arabic is copious : next time I will say kill . Take care of A'boo Da ' -ooM . ' This is his nick-name . "—Vol . I . p . 152 .

    This is exactly such an adventure as might have befallen one of the barber ' s brothers in the ' Arabian Nights . ' The will of the Ba ' sha is still absolute . He can sentence any of his subjects to death by a motion of his hand , without any trial whatever ; but , though severe , he does not seem to be wantonly cruel . Ambition is his ruling passion ; and to gratify

    his thirst for conquest his people are severely oppressed for an , exorbitant tribute . They will frequently endure severe torture from the bastinado before they give up their money , having found out that the more they give the more is demanded of them ; and this method of collecting the revenue is not practised on the peasantry alone .

    u The office of sheykh of a village is far from being a sinecure : at the period when the taxes are demanded of him he frequently receives a more severe bastinading than any of his inferiors ; for when the population of a village does not yield the sum required , their sheykh is often beaten for their default ; and not always does he produce his own pro * portion until he has been well thrashed /'—Vol . I . p . 156 , 7 .

    The mode of life of the middle and upper classes is re p resented as easy and indolent , and not without enjoyment in a quiet kind of way . Housekeeping is very unexpensive ; and trie men frequently pay and receive visits , particularly at or after supper . The women also visit each other in their HAtfree ' ms ( Harems ) . The Egyptians seldom avail themselves of

    their privilege of having four wives at a time , many anecdotes being here related to snow that even two prove very troublesome . This we can easily believe . However , as they can . divorce their wives for any cause , according to the Jewish law in the time of Christ , simply by saying , " Thou art divorced /* and giving back a third of their dowry , they generally haVei several in the course of their lives . The women , on the other

    hand , as is commonly the case , have very great difficulty m obtaining a separation , even under the joaost cruel treatment . Their law of divorce is truly extraordinary in some particulars .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 1, 1837, page 87, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1828/page/40/