CHAPTER XII

92. 10 11. tout ce qui est ici appartient à Votre Seigneurie. A common formula of hospitalily. Ancien! authors already represented the Arabs as the mosl hospitable peuple on earth. The lent of the Arab has always been an asylum to the étranger

and the home of kindness. The travcler who secks bis protection

or confides in his honor, hc cntertains without inquiry or the hope of rémunération. He regards him not merely as a guest, but as a member of his family; he will défend his life at the risk of his own and dismiss him, after the enjoyment of needful repose, vvith blessings, perhaps with gifts. The way Abdallah acted towards the old Jew, an enemy of his own people, is a good illustration (chapter VIII).

94. 1-2. à Djeddah ... à Yambo. Djeddah is in Asiatic Turkey, while Yambo is in the jurisdiction of the pasha of Egypt.