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'tm'--20S CAUTIONS TO BE USED IN TRAVELLING.

Danger of travelling after Sun-set, — The Emperor holds himself accountablefor Thefts committed on Travellers, whilst travelling between the rising and the setting Sun, — Emigration of Arabs.— Patr'iarchal Style of living among the Arabs ; Food, Clothing, domestic Looms, and Manifactures, — Riches of the Arabs calculated by the Number of Camels they possess, — Arabian Women are good Figures, and have personal Beauty ; delicate in their Food ; poetical Geniuses ; Dancing and Amusements ,-Musical Instruments ; their Manners are courteous.

Travellers in West and South Barbary should never be out after sun-set : it is not safe to travel in many parts of the country during the night. The emperor holds himself accountable for thefts committed between the rising and the setting sun ; so that, if a traveller be robbed of property, the value should be asceitained, and an application being made to the bashaw of the province where the robbery was committed it will be restored forthwith ; but if there be any demur, an application should be made to the Emperor, personally, if possible, but if not, by letter ; and the district is immediately ordered to pay double the loss, one half to the person robbed, and the other half to the Imperial treasury.

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