The Burton Holmes lectures; . INSPECTING ?? ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS. regards as supernatural. The manwith occult powers is to be feared,respected, and propitiated. Wehad not counted upon this ;but Haj, the clever rascalwho was under contract tofurnish all provisions forour larder, encouraged usthereafter to give daily per-lormances, for every per-formance elicited substan-tial tokens of respect inthe form of chickens, bas-kets of eggs, haunches offine mutton, pails of goatsmilk, and plates of reputation as conjurorsonce established, Haj paid out ALMOST A COON 266 THE MOORISH EMPIRE
The Burton Holmes lectures; . INSPECTING ?? ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS. regards as supernatural. The manwith occult powers is to be feared,respected, and propitiated. Wehad not counted upon this ;but Haj, the clever rascalwho was under contract tofurnish all provisions forour larder, encouraged usthereafter to give daily per-lormances, for every per-formance elicited substan-tial tokens of respect inthe form of chickens, bas-kets of eggs, haunches offine mutton, pails of goatsmilk, and plates of reputation as conjurorsonce established, Haj paid out ALMOST A COON 266 THE MOORISH EMPIRE no more money to the villagers, exacting everywhere awilling tribute or mouna from the Sheiks or Kaids. But one more achievement crowned our perfidy to thekind people of Bogari. The Kaid bade us take tea in hismud-house the night before our departure. We donned ourMoorish jelabas, and at the appointed hour sat with theHasan tribemen around the steaming samovar — lor the Rus-sian samovar is the \i>T(ni(fc luxe of even the pettiest ofchieftains. The situation wa
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