1 the Mi'king Caine fr«,p rho opposite;limit; to which wS cniU tint
2 . p;> ~. Krotn tlie course of the river, however, we bud kiiowif i»
3 what direction Bagdad was situated; and. travelling upwards,
4 we wry soon reached a few black tent.-, lint the people were so
5 poor that they could not offer us arty hospitality, as they had
6 food neither fa us nor out horses. The only service they prof¬
7 fered was to givo us a guide, who brought us, after half-an-
8 hour's walk, to the tent of the sheikh, where we mot with a
9 very kind reception. The Hheikh hitn-elf was at this tint" in
10 Bagdad, but in his absence bis with performed the duties of
11 hospitality. Site ordered the servants to light n fire under the
12 huge tent, where we dried and wanned ourselves, and were
13 served with fresh collee' and rice-pilaw.' Tlie servants took
14 charge of our horses, and after having taken my meal, 1 went to
15 sleep. A corner of the tent served me for my bed, and my
16 saddle-bags • as a pillow. Before dawn, the Tartar awoke me,
17 -■■lying: We must proceed on our journey ’ ! drowsily 'rose,
18 and at the same time-my servant showed me that they bad cut
19 through my saddhs-bags on one side, and extracted the bundle
20 containing my best clothes. I remembered having heard, during
21 the night, some goats bleating outside tie- tent; and probably
22 the thief had brought them dure, that; be might perform his
23 exploit with more security. The Tartar began to make a no up,
24 threatening to arrest the sheikh at Bagdad, and to make him jx.v
25 ten times the value of the stolen property, if they did not find
26 out the thief. They made researches, it is true, but without anv
27 good result. Oii the same day, towards evening, we arrived at
28 Bagdad, where 1 was informed that mv intended patient re
29 quired ho metre medical assistance, ns he was reposing quietly in
30 his grave.
31 At Bagdad 1 also performed several operations for the stone,
32 but f did not vaccinate, in consequence of being informed,
33 to my great astonishment, that several Christian Indies obtained
34 their livelihood by vaccinating. Provisions were at this time
35 so cheap at Bagdad, and the coin so bad, that' one shilling
36 was valued at about five grush (piaster); consequently, litik
37 vor,. i. k„