Note 626 — TALE OF HIMSELF TOLD BY THE KING.[608]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
“Fi Kashshi ’l-Markab:” According to custom in the East all the ship’s crew had run on shore about their own business as soon as she cast anchor. This has happened to me on board an Egyptian man-of-war where, on arriving at Suez, I found myself the sum total of the crew.