or a meal, several meals, and
even for three days entertainment, wherever he travels through our
country; and if any man were to go to a douar in any of the Arab
240 provinces of our Sovereign's empire, and not receive the
entertainment and courtesy of a brother, that douar would be
stamped with a stigma of indelible disgrace! Pardon us, therefore,
if we say, you have not such hospitality in your country, although
the great principle of (_Seedna Aisa_) our Lord Jesus, is
charity." [168] I should, however, observe that this hospitality is
shown almost exclusively to Muhamedans.

[Footnote 166: A fluce is a copper coin, one hundred of which
are equal to sixpence English.]

[Footnote 167: In the corner of his garment:--The Africans have
no pockets; they carry their money in the corner of their
garment, and tie it with a knot to secure it.]

[Footnote 168: The Muhamedans acknowledge Jesus Christ to have
been a Prophet that worked miracles; the indelible proof of his
mission.]

Respecting women and horses, speaking of the treatment of them in
England, they remark, that "England is a paradise for women, who
are there exalted beyond the fitness of things; and it is
(_gehennum_) a hell for horses, for those poor ill-treated animals
in the hackney coaches and carts, need only to be seen to be
pitied; the hard blows which they receive from their cruel masters
are calculated to impress our minds with an opinion that we are in
a land of barbarians, whereas you call yourselves a civilised
people: You say you are such; your actions deny the fact, and we
judge by actions, not by words or self-commendations. When,
therefore, you pride yourselves on your superiority and
civilisation the whole is a delusion; and when we hear you set
forth these absurd pretensions, we are compelled to commiserate our
common race, and to exclaim, Alas, poor human nature!" This is the
241 verbatim reply that a very intelligent but irritated Muselman made
to my animadversions on the absurdity of burying treasure. This
gentleman's father had been ambassador from the Emperor of Marocco
to Great Britain, and to France; and had seen much of French,
Spanish, and English manners, among the higher orders of society in
those countries.

Too much cann