AND ANECDOTES. , 315 think I am a Christian," said an emperor to a prince who was expostulating with him for not fulfilling his engagements, — "Dost thou think I am a Christian, to be a slave to my word ?"

Senor P. a Spanish merchant, received a letter from the Emperor, directed to the (alkaid) governor of Rabat, ordering him to show Senor P.

every attention, and to assist him if he should be desirous of establishing a house at Rabat. Senor P. left the court at Mequinas, well satisfied with his letter ; but a few days after his arrival, the alkaid told him he must embark and quit the country in twenty-four hours, by the Emperor's order, which he showed to Senor P. who could read Arabic. He was obliged to embark immediately.

Etiquette of Language at the Court of Marocco, If the Emperor should enquire about any person that has recently died, it is not the etiquette to mention the word *' death,"— a muselmen is supposed never to die ; — the answer is Lfah Ameruhy " his destiny is closed," or " he has completed his destiny." To which the following answer is invariably given— Allah e Erhammoh, " God be merciful to him." If a Jew's death is announced to any muselman prince, fakeer, or alkaid, the expression is, Maat hasJiak asseedi, " He is dead, Sir." Ashak is an Arabic idiom, the exact meaning of which cannot easily be conveyed in English ; but it may be assimilated to — " Pardon me for men-