ABSTRACT
X must here show how the human intellect manifests itself under certain circumstances, in so far as it became necessary for me to exercise it in order to escape from the caravan of Mecca. Having gone to make some purchases for my captain, I was recognized by a Moor who looked me in the face and said to m e: <f In te menaine ?” that is ,4f Where are you from ?” I answered : “ I am a Moor.” He replied : “ In te chedeab,” that is, “ You are not telling the truth.” I said to him : “ Orazalnabi Aneymuz lemma,” that is, te By the head of Mahomet, I am a Moor.” He answered: “ Thale beithane,” that is, “ Come to my h o u s e a n d I went with him.1 When I had arrived at his house, he spoke to me in Italian, and told me where I had come from, and that he knew that I was not a Moor, and he told me that he had
1 Anta min ain ? Where are you from ? Anta hadh-dhdb. You are a liar. Wa-rds en-Nabi ana Muslim. By the head o f the Prophet, I am a
Moslem. Tadl ila beitana. Come to our house.
