THE ARTIST-DRAGOMAN Of Suleyman in his capacity of dragoman I saw little but heard much both from himself and others.

The English residents in Palestine and Syria--those who knew of him--regarded him as but a doubtful character, if one may judge from their repeated warnings to me not to trust him out of sight.

His wisdom and his independent way of airing it did not please everybody as they did me; and reverence in dealing with a fellow-man was not his strong point.

By travellers, I gather from innumerable testimonials which he showed me, he was either much beloved or the reverse, though none could say he did not know his business.
His English, though voluminous and comprehensive, was sometimes strange to native English ears.

He had read the Bible in a German mission school, and spoke of 'Billiam's donkey' and 'the mighty Simson' where we should speak of Balaam's ass and Samson.