Upon which Hameda went into the house and fetched a cutlass, and then demanded of Adams, whether he would go to plough or not.

Upon his replying that he would not, Hameda struck him on the forehead with the cutlass, and gave him a severe wound over the right eye, and immediately knocked him down with his fist.

This was no sooner done, than Adams was set upon by a number of Moors, who beat him with sticks in so violent a manner, that the blood came out of his mouth, two of his double teeth were knocked out, and he was almost killed; it was his opinion that they would have entirely killed him, had it not been for the interference of Boadick, the sheik's son, who reproached them for their cruelty, declaring that they had no right to compel Adams to work on a market-day.

The next day Hameda's mother, named Moghtari, came to him, and asked him how he dared to lift his hand against a Moor?
To which Adams, driven to desperation by the ill treatment he had received, replied, that he would even take his life, if it were in his power.

Moghtari then said, that unless he would kiss Hameda's hands and feet, he should be put in irons, which he peremptorily refused to do.