FEMALE SLAVES — THEIli ESCAPE. 211 long we belield, behind the large building, two tokul.s (plur.

tiikela) erecting under Mohammed Ehle's superintendence ; the cross-formed pointed root's Avere brouglit in l>y men, ])hiced on buried pales, bound fast on the forks of these, and the interval between the pales filled up into a wall with durra straw ; so that, in a few hours, these il%thio})ian huts (of which the Ilallenga erected many in the camp, for twenty or thirty piastres each) were all ready, tinished, and standing there, in connexion with the Pascha's palace. The one tokul Avas for the girls, the other for his excellency, that he might thei'c retire and rest after the labours of the day. Silken stuffs and coloured muslins were all at hand, to dress out, or rather hang on these girls ; and one would have fancied that these naked innocents would have felt happy in their unAvonted splendours ; but it Avas not so. On the second day, as Ave sat on our heels Avith the Pascha, he smiled in his OAvn ])eculiar Avay, and then asked my brother to give him some love-powders. Joseph Avould not hear of it ; and the mighty man became angry, and said it Avas his OAvn look-out whether they injured him or not, as Joseph said they Avould.

Joseph noAV hit on a happy thought, viz. to tell the Pascha that wine Avas specially necessary. On this a Avhole basket of Avine was sent to our hut, Avith the remark that Ave might, Avith the rest, make any decoctions for oursehes Ave pleased ; Avhich Ave l-aughingly promised to do, but hastened off to our hut to see Avhat sort of litjuor Ave had got, and found a most capital French Avine, As my brother kncAV how strong the Pascha's faith Avas, he merely Eiixed up tAvo bottles of it Avith some lemon-peel, aiid sent thera to him.

The folloAving night a regular hurricane, Avith torrents of rain, •came on ; and this Avas used by the home-sick girls, left all alone ill their dai'k corner, to call to mind the liberty they had been deprived of, and Avhile the Pascha held a divan in front of their abode, to break through the straAv Avails of their prison, cast oft" and forsake all their fine clothes, and escape out of the camp. The Pascha Avas furious ; but, in spite of his rage, he in a Aery droll Avay alludi'd to the girls' escape. He had, hoAvever, during the night sent out scouts in all directions, Avho, to our great grief, brought back to the Pascha the unfortunate fugitive girls, Avhom