A GREEDY EMIR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 75, 24 April 1909, Page 6

A GREEDY EMIR.

Captain S. S. Butler recently described Ito a moot of 1 lu* Royal' Oeographioal I Society an aiminnj; incident which befell ' Captain Aylnier ami himself while I hoy I were journeying from Bagdad to Damascus. At Kl .lof. in Northern Arabia, they were received by the Emir. VYysul Urn Kashid. one of who,-;e first questions after <ireethijr tbem was: "Are your I teeth your own or are they falsi'?'' "On lour arrival, at the house placed at our disposal/' continued the lecturer. "Cap- | tain Aybner ami myself congratulated i ourselves on our wood fortune in having ! such a cordial welcome,, but we had nv>t been there iuo;o than live minutes when Feysul's head slave, a richly-dressed percalled Dahm. eame to tell us that the Kmir would not take our camels or our money, as lie had plenty of both, but that lie would like a;iy things of European make or interest thai we happened to hiive. This was only too true, and during our live days' stay there was a continued procession of slaves and hangers-on from the castle demanding *liintr-- for the Kmir and his visitors and favorites, and demanding them in such a way that it was impossible for us situated a* we were, to refuse. until at last we had practically nothing 0 f uny value left, having been ileeced of watches, revolver, compasses, various clot!***; and other articles of our kit. The slave given us was nothing more Or le>s than a -pv. and the climax was reached and I fairlv |0..( niy temper when a negro slave, who had come to demand scent, hair-grease, and mous-iache-wax W Hie Kmir. told me I was a liar when I said I had- none."