THE MUS SULM A N. BY R. R. MADDEN, ESQ. AUTHOR OF "TRAVELS IN TURKEY, EGYPT, NUBIA, AND PALESTINE." "the face of Mussulman Not oft betrays to standers by The mind within, well skill'd to hide Bride of Abydos. "And indeed the sundry contemplation of my travels, in which my IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. As You Like It. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. 1830. THE MUSSULMAN. CHAPTER I. Let not a man perform such an act hastily: want of circumspection is a great cause of danger; wealth pays homage, even voluntarily, to a man who does the deed with caution. VISHNUSARMAN. The chief executioner of Smyrna was one of the most amiable of men, and best of Moslems. As Yussuf very properly remarked of the exemplary coolness of his manner, it was truly admirable. Whether he had one wretch to decapitate, or ten, it made no difference in the land-tortoise dignity of his pace; whether he had to bow-string a grandee, or simply to cut VOL. II. B |