The Emperor Was At His Wits' End, And Endeavoured To Smooth Down The
Contumacious Leyton, To Save His Capital From Insurrection; Imploring
Him To Comply With The Lex Talionis, [19] And Have Two Of His Teeth
Drawn If He Was Inflexibly Determined Not To Pay.
The poor Emperor was
in hourly dread of a revolution about this tooth business, and at the
same time he knew the merchant had spoken the truth.
Strange to say, Mr.
Leyton at last consented to lose his teeth rather than his money.
However, on the merchant's return from the capital to Mogador, to his
surprise, and no doubt to his satisfaction, he found that two ship-loads
of grain had been ordered to be delivered to him by the Emperor, in
compensation for the two teeth which he had had punched out to satisfy
the exigencies of the Empire.
CHAPTER V.
Several visits from the Moors; their ideas on soldiers and payment of
public functionaries. - Mr. Cohen and his opinion on Maroquine Affairs. -
Phlebotomising of Governors, and Ministerial responsibility. - Border
Travels of the Shedma and Hhaha tribes. - How the Emperor enriches
himself by the quarrels of his subjects. - Message from the Emperor
respecting the Anti-Slavery Address. - Difficulties of travelling through
or residing in the Interior. - Use of Knives, and Forks, and Chairs are
signs of Social Progress. - Account of the periodic visit of the Mogador
Merchants to the Emperor in the Southern Capital.
I received several visits from the Moors. As a class of men, they are
far superior in civility and kindness to the Moorish population of
Tangier.
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