Ali received them with all ceremony, and, after the usual compliments had been exchanged, invited them to descend with him into the cavern.

There he showed them more than two thousand barrels of powder carefully arranged beneath his treasures, his remaining provisions, and a number of valuable objects which adorned this slumbering volcano.

He showed them also his bedroom, a sort of cell richly furnished, and close to the powder.

It could be reached only by means of three doors, the secret of which was known to no one but himself.

Alongside of this was the harem, and in the neighbouring mosque was quartered his garrison, consisting of fifty men, all ready to bury themselves under the ruins of this fortification, the only spot remaining to him of all Greece, which had formerly bent beneath his authority.
After this exhibition, Ali presented one of his most devoted followers to the envoys.