The  window  was  infinitely  too  high  to  be  fcaled  without  a  ladder,
or  my  curiofity  to  behold  a  damfel,  whom  my  imagination  had
pictured  out  in  all  the  graces  of  beauty  and  youth,  might  have
led  me  into  a  fcrape.  1  was  now  called  away  by  the  Arabs  to  der-
part.  They  prelfed  us  much  to  fend  for  afies,  a  fland  of  which  ,
was  in  the  neighborhood,  as  we  fliould  find  ourfelves  much  tired
by  the  walk  to  the  Englifli  factory.  Our  pride  \/as  ftartled  at  this
propofition ;  and  v/e  perfiiled  in  our  refolution  to  go  on  foot,  t®
the  great  aftonifhment  of  the  Arabs,  who  made  no  allowance  for
our  ignorance  of  the  cuftoms  here.  We  fet  out  accordingly  at
dawn  of  day,  and  left  all  our  fervants  but  Ibrahim,  to  ftay  by  the
baggage,  until  we  fent  camels  for  it.  We  found  tlie  road  none  of
the  bell,  and  after  going  for  near  a  mile,  along  a  dead  wall  that
ikirts  the  channel  we  had  come  up,  we  entered  the  new  city  at  a

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little  paft  fix  o'clock.  The  ftreets  began  now  to  be  filled  with
people,  and  the  fliops  difplayed  their  various  commodities  for  fale.
