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0251 The Pulse of Asia : vol.1
アジアの鼓動 : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000233
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liar, isn't he? If you don't get things under way to-morrow,
I will tell the Amban that you are a liar, and then you will
lose your office. You saw how he bowed his head to my
passport [because it was from the Emperor], and you know
that he will do what I tell him."

The Beg went away frightened, and that very afternoon
the merchants suddenly found that they had leisure to at-
tend to our wants. A large number of camels were brought
for our inspection, from among which we selected two that
were suitable. We would not bargain for the animals. We
only said to the owners: "You and the other camel-mer-
chants decide what they are really worth, and we will pay
it; but any man who tells us a lie hereafter will get into
trouble." When the camel-trust met to talk the matter
over, affairs took an unexpected turn. An old man called
Yusup Beg got up, so we were told, and made a long speech.

"Are n't you ashamed of yourselves?" was the sub-
stance of what he said. "You, Tokhta, have a hundred
animals; you, Hashim, fifty; and you, Dursun, two hun-
dred. Can you not sell one apiece for the good name of our
city? Shame on you! We are disgraced! If I had been
here, you should not have acted so. The stranger has come
from afar. He shall see that we are not all dogs and pigs.
I have thirty camels. He shall choose the five that he wishes,
and name his own price."

Yusup Beg was as good as his word. He let us choose
three splendid animals, and seemed perfectly satisfied
when we paid a price which was decided upon by the United
Camel-owners, and which every one said was fair. We paid
the tax which properly should be paid by the seller, but