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The trade of this person was designated as that of a bottlee wallah, which being literally rendered means 'bottle-fellow, but, according to a more free translation, a dealer in glass, lamps, candlesticks, preserved meats in tin-cases, &c. &c.
"Exactly," replied the pacha, impatiently. "And was about to tell a story of my own invention, to deceive the old lady my mother." "Anna Senna! curses on your mother!" cried the pacha, in an angry tone. "Sit down and continue your story. Is a pacha nothing? Is the lion to be chafed by a jackall? Wallah le Nebi! By God and the Prophet! do you laugh at our beard? The story!"
"Wallah el Nebi! by God and his Prophet, you do indeed. Is it all to be like that?" "No! pacha. I wish to heaven that it had been. Merciful God! why didst thou permit the blow? Was not I grateful?
"Wallah, how not? because he himself told me! just like you, he tried to get me into partnership. He offered me a big reward, but he's not like you, so I didn't believe him; and he has no daughter; I've no use for a man who hasn't a good-looking daughter. What he's afraid of is that someone else may get the letter first. And he's a desperate fellow.
"Zeinab," said the pacha, "do you love me?" "Do not I worship the dust that my lord treads on?" "Wallah sel Nebi!! By Allah and the Prophet your highness is in a merry humour this evening," replied Zeinab, turning round to quit the apartment. "On the contrary, I am in a serious humour; I mean what I have said; and I expect that you will comply with my wishes."
"A gieb! a gieb! wonderful! wonderful!" exclaimed Min Ali; why, they should have a hundred." "No, no," said Major Denham, "we think that a sin." "Wallah! really!" She, however, whom I like best, always says, one would be more lawful; she may be right; you say she is. You are a great people; I see you are a great people, and know every thing. I, a Tibboo, am little better than a gazelle."
Upon my return, the bottlee wallah accompanied me to the carriage in waiting, and as I paused to notice some of the children in the school, introduced me to a group of his own sons and daughters, well decked out in jewels, and otherwise richly dressed.
What says the sage? and are not his words of more value than large pearls? `When thou art sick, and thy mind is heavy, send for wine. Drink, and thank Allah that he has given relief." "Wallah thaib! it is well said," replied the pacha: "Is not the `fire-water' of the Franks to be obtained?"
"Wallah! is that all she could tell of her story in half an hour? There's not a woman in my harem who would not say as much in five minutes."
This morning we were detained untill 9 A.M. in consequence of the absence of one of Charbono's horses. the horse at length being recovered we set out and at the distance of fifteen miles passed through a country similar to that of yesterday; the hills at the extremity of this distance again approach the river and are rocky abrupt and 300 feet high. we ascended the hill and marched through a high plain for 9 miles when we again returned to the river, I now thought it best to halt as the horses and men were much fatiegued altho had not reached the Wallah wollah village as we had been led to beleive by our guide who informed us that the village was at the place we should next return to the river, and the consideration of our having but little provision had been our inducement to make the march we had made this morning. we collected some of the dry stalks of weeds and the stems of a shrub which resembles the southern wood; made a small fire and boiled a small quantity of our jerked meat on which we dined; while here the principal Cheif of the Wallahwallahs joined us with six men of his nation. this Cheif by name Yel-lept had visited us on the morning of the 19 of October at our encampment a little below this place; we gave him at that time a small medal, and promised him a larger one on our return. he appeared much gratifyed at seeng us return, invited us to remain at his village three or four days and assured us that we should be furnished with a plenty of such food as they had themselves; and some horses to assist us on our journey. after our scanty repast we continued our march accompanyed by Yellept and his party to the village which we found at the distance of six miles situated on the N. side of the river at the lower side of the low country about 12 ms. below the entrance of Lewis's river.
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