About two o'clock a Moor entered the hut, probably with a view of stealing something, and groping about, laid his hand upon Mr.
Park's shoulder.

He immediately sprang up, and the Moor in a hurry, fell upon the wild hog, which returned the attack by biting his arm.
The cries of the Moor alarmed his countrymen, who conjecturing their prisoner had made his escape, prepared for pursuit.

Ali did not sleep in his own tent, but came galloping upon a white horse from a tent at a considerable distance; the consciousness of his tyrannical and cruel behaviour had made him so suspicious, that even his own domestics knew not where he slept.

The cause of the outcry being explained, the prisoner was allowed to sleep until morning without further disturbance.
With the returning day, the boys, says Mr.Park, assembled to beat the hog, and the men and women to plague the Christian.

On this subject, Mr.Park expresses himself most feelingly, for he adds, "it is impossible for me to describe the behaviour of a people, who study mischief as a science, and exult in the miseries and misfortunes of their fellow-creatures.