ate, by relating a circumstance that happened while I was at
Marocco. The Emperor was dissatisfied with the conduct of four
sheiks of Suse: they had not discharged the duties of their public
vocation, but had abused their office; the Emperor had issued
orders to arrest them, but by some means they got intelligence of
the orders; they therefore immediately ordered their horses, and
decamped in the evening from Marocco: they knew they should not be
safe any where from the Emperor's grasp, but under the protection
of the Khalif Muhamed ben Delemy, whom, however, they had in some
manner injured; nevertheless, knowing the noble character of the
man, they were resolved to try their fate; accordingly, they made
haste to reach the gates of his castle in Shtuka, before the
Emperor might discover their departure. They arrived, and
exclaiming _Deef Allah_, they were admitted. Delemy told them, that
although they had not behaved friendly to him, he would protect
them. His gates, he said, were always open to the children of
343 adversity, and they might depend on his protection. The Emperor
soon discovered, by diligent enquiry, what route they had taken,
and His Imperial Majesty urged Delemy to deliver them up; but the
latter expostulated, and observing that he should not deserve the
name of an Arabian sheik, if he degraded himself by giving up those
who had claimed his protection, in his own country: and he actually
granted them protection several months; till, at length, finding
they could not escape the hand of power, by any plan but that of
going into the Sahara, Delemy agreed to see them safe out of the
Emperor's dominions, and accompanied them to Akka, and beyond that
place, till they reached the Sahara, where, being perfectly safe,
he took his leave of them, and they exchanged _Salems_.

_Punishment for Murder._

If a man commits murder, the friends of the murdered claim redress
of the alkaid, if in a town,--of the bashaw of the province, if in
the country. If the murderer is discovered, he is taken into
custody, to suffer death, unless the relations of the murdered man
choose to compromise with the relations of the murderer: in which
case, a sum of money is paid to the former, and the matter is thus
settled.

_Insolvency Laws._

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