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At this time Mr. Hay had become very proficient in Arabic, and his
family have still in their possession some examples of Arabic writing,
then beautifully executed by him in the highest style of Oriental
manuscript; and a friend, writing from London to his mother, Mrs.
Drummond Hay, says, ‘I met the other evening Mr. Burchardt Barker,
the Oriental translator to the Foreign Office; he told me that a letter
from the Sultan of Morocco had been sent home by your son, Mr.
John Hay, and that he had never seen anything more beautifully
translated by any Orientalist.’
It was either during this stay at Seville, or on a subsequent
occasion, that Mr. Hay visited the Alcazar, then in course of
restoration.
The architect was employed in reconstructing the beautiful
arabesque stucco-work on the walls, by taking moulds of the injured
portions, and, after remodelling the defaced parts, casting from these
moulds fresh plaques to replace those injured or missing.
After gazing for some time on these restorations, and vainly
endeavouring to puzzle out the Arabic inscriptions which enter so
largely into arabesque decorations, Mr. Hay asked for the architect
and inquired of him whether he was aware that he had reversed all
the inscriptions!
The poor man was horrified. He declared he would undo and
rectify his work, begging Mr. Hay, for pity’s sake, not to betray to any
one his discovery: as, if it were made known, he would be a ruined
man, and he and his children would starve. Mr. Hay having shown
him exactly what his error had been, left Seville without betraying the
architect.
In the summer of 1838 Mr. Hay made an expedition into the
interior of Morocco, of which he wrote an account entitled Western
Barbary. This little book, written with all the vigour and freshness
inspired by youth, and with a thorough knowledge of the wild people
amongst whom he travelled and whose sport he shared, was
published by Mr. Murray and attracted much attention and praise
from the press at the time.
During a visit to England in 1838, Mr. Hay made an application to
Lord Palmerston for a diplomatic appointment in the East, and in this
connection relates the following incident, which occurred after his
return to Tangier in the next year.
ALEXANDRIA. 1840.
Mr. Hay did not long remain without employment. In his Note
Book for 1840 he thus describes his entrance on the career of a
diplomatist.