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The pillars of Hercules, vol. 1

Note 105 — Chapter X · EXCURSION IN THE STRAITS.—CADIZ POLITENESS.

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“I quitted this mosque after having left a considerable sum to the beggars who besiege the door. These people are not, indeed, very troublesome, for they are all registered, and their chief is the only person who asks for and receives the gifts of the faithful, which he divides among the others.”—Ali Bey, ii. 337.

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