allows, Seed Hellebee, or Seed Ali Bey admired
the dexterity of the Shelluh, (who, from his quickness, was
nicknamed Deib, i.e. the fox,) and desired him to take the fish to
his house at Mogodor, which he accordingly did, and received from
Ali Bey's secretary a handful of dollars. This Shelluh was a keen
sportsman, and seldom or never missed his shot: he generally
accompanied me in my shooting excursions, and he told me this
circumstance himself, adding, that Ali Bey was such a liberal man,
that, where any other gentleman gave a dollar, he gave a handful.
It was in this manner that Ali Bey purchased his popularity.

[Footnote 191: This garden is in the province of Haha, about
five miles S.S.E. of Mogodor, and belongs to the European
Commerce, to whom it was presented by the Late Emperor Seedi
Muhamed ben Abdallah.]

The governor of Mogodor, Alkaid Muhamed ben Abdsaddock now began to
suspect, not only the faith of this _soi disant_ Muhamedan, but
that he had some design unavowed; and desirous of ascertaining to
what nation of Christendom he belonged, the governor engaged
Monsieur Depras, a respectable French merchant of Mogodor, who
understood several languages, to ascertain if he was a Frenchman,
300 and if not, who and what he was. The governor, in order to enable
M. Depras to converse with Ali Bey, invited them both to tea; this
introduction being effected the next day, Depras called on Ali Bey,
and conversed with him during an hour in the French language, which
he spoke so well, that the former thought there was no doubt of his
being a Frenchman. But soon after this, the Spanish Consul was
announced, and being introduced, Seed Ali Bey changed his discourse
to Spanish, which he also spoke so correctly, that Depras now
altered his opinion, and conceiving him to be a Spaniard, took his
leave. He then reported to the governor what he had seen and heard,
that he spoke French and Spanish so fluently, that he really did
not know whether he was a Frenchman or a Spaniard.

Ali Bey continued to live in a most sumptuous and costly style, and
afterwards resolved to visit Marocco. On his journey thither, he
was particularly inquisitive respecting the population, produce,
names and residencies of the (sheiks) chiefs of Haha and Shedma,
thro