with his imperial majesty for having infringed on
a treaty made, an emperor of Marocco replied--"Dost thou think I
am a Christian, that I should be a _slave_ to my word?"

_Berebbers of Zimurh Shelleh_.

This kabyl of Berebbers inhabit the plains west and south-west of
Mequinas. They are a fine race of men, well-grown, and good
figures; they have a noble presence, and their physiognomy
resembles the ancient Roman. The laws of hospitality, however, are
disregarded among them: they will plunder travellers who sojourn
with them, whenever they have an opportunity.

_The European Merchants at Mogodor escape from Decapitation_.

The late emperor, Muley Yezzid, proceeded from Mequinas to Marocco,
with an army of thirty thousand cavalry, to take the field against
the rebellious Abdrahaman ben Nassar, bashaw of the province of
Abda, acting conjointly with the bashaw of the province of
Duquella, who had collected an army of eighty thousand men, of
285 which fifty thousand were horse. The Emperor, on his arrival at
Marocco, was exasperated against the kabyls of the south; and was
informed that the merchants of Mogodor had supplied his rebel
subject, Abdrahaman, with ammunition. Enraged at this report, which
the exasperated state of his mind prompted him to believe, he
issued an order to the Governor of Mogodor, implicating the greater
part of the European merchants of that port of high treason, and
ordered their decapitation. This order was brought by one Fenishe,
a relation of Tahar Fenishe; who had been, some years before,
ambassador from Marocco to the court of St. James's. The Governor,
however, suspecting that the order had been issued in a moment of
irritation, delayed its execution, in the hope that it might be
countermanded; or, in hope that the result of a battle would render
it unnecessary to be put in execution.--Soon afterwards, news
arrived at Mogodor that the two armies had met, had fought, and the
Emperor had vanquished his antagonists, who had more than double
his force, but was himself dangerously wounded. This induced the
governor still further to delay the execution; having now
ascertained that the order was obtained by a stratagem of malicious
and ill-disposed people. The next day news came that the Emperor
suffered extremely from a ba