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shop, whicli was literally besieged from morning till night by the lucky recipients of presents, -who apparently wished to get rid of their money as soon as possible.

Directly the Pasha's reception was over, we went with him to visit the snb-governor, Saati Effendi, where coflfee and sherbet and a meal were prepared for us ; then to the commander of the troops ; then to the vakil of the town, and at each place the same programme had to be gone through. At last we returned home, thinking that we had done our duty for that day, and that we might rest after our labours ; but no sooner had we settled down comfortably, than first one and then another came to return our calls, and we thought we should never be left in peace.

The neighbourhood of Dem Suleiman is very fertile, and a ride to the gardens well repaid us carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, bananas, onions, pumpkins, lettuce, radishes, cauliflowers, beans, as well as various Arab vegetables, were seen growing there ; and with a good leg of mutton and fresh green peas for dinner, we did not realise how far we were from England. Cotton, bees'-wax, indiarubber, hides, lulu butter, tamarinds, and grain could all be produced in any quantity ; and I must not forget to mention native wild rice {Oryza punctata), which grows in abundance, but is not utilised. We procured a large quantity of it, and