. A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . m trees. This grounding costus two whole hours, and our craft gave signs of roughusage in extra creaking and shaking. It was fullmoon, and after dinner some of us strolled on shore,and had an opportunity of inspecting the working ofthe police system, which is really as perfect as thatof London—in some respects, at all events. If dogswill bark at roving Englishmen, roving Englishmenwill pelt dogs. A yelping of many dog power, causedby the overthrow of a huge cur by a well aimedbrickbat, eliminated from some shaded ret
. A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . m trees. This grounding costus two whole hours, and our craft gave signs of roughusage in extra creaking and shaking. It was fullmoon, and after dinner some of us strolled on shore,and had an opportunity of inspecting the working ofthe police system, which is really as perfect as thatof London—in some respects, at all events. If dogswill bark at roving Englishmen, roving Englishmenwill pelt dogs. A yelping of many dog power, causedby the overthrow of a huge cur by a well aimedbrickbat, eliminated from some shaded retreat anative gentleman, armed with a sharp short spear, XI.] VILLAGE POLICE. 287 who invited the truants to return to their shipin vain. He sent off a comrade, who returned withan ancient firelock, and his feelings may be morereadily imagined than described when he saw theillustrious strangers turning their faces towards theriver and yielding to timid solicitations, whichindeed they did not need, as the dogs had all achieved this victory, the man of the spear. and the man of the firelock sat down on the bank byour watch-fire, and awaited events. It so happened 288 A JUDGMENT. [chaf. that tliere was a great one to wind up our the Italian intenclance and the Egyptiancrew, from Captain to lamp-lighter, there was a greatgulf fixed, in which raged a sea of acrimony and time to time wine had been missed on board,and suspicion, like an agitated sparrow, flew from placeto place, and rested on head after head. Now, however,for an anonymous person, employed to act as an ani-mated lighthouse on shore when the steamer mooredfor the night, hitherto in moderate repute, somemalignant star rose. He was caught by Giovannisbrother gliding away with two bottles of our finestSauterne. Terentio, joyous, came swift to the saloon,and advised Ali Eisa of the fact. That much-besought-after ofiicer laid aside liis cigar, hastened on deck,held court, and pronounc
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