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reads, they wave their handkerchief to each other, and exclaim, 

 " O Lord God, there is none who divides with thee the govern- 

 ment of the universe ; and the world and all that it contains are 

 subject to thy sole and unshared dominion." 



At Muggrib, or sun-set, they all repair to a Mosque about 

 an hour's distance westAvard of the hill, in imitation of the prac- 

 tice of Mahommed, who, they say, was accustomed to go from 

 the Mount of Arafat to this spot to pray. Here they perforin 

 their evening devotions and sleep. On the morning of the tenth 

 day of the moon which follows, they repeat in this Mosque their 

 dawn and sun-rise prayers, and pick up from the ground on 

 which it stands, seven small stones, about the size of a bean, 

 which they wash and place in a corner of their handkerchief for 

 security, journeying with them to the valley of Munya, about 

 two hours' distance, in a south-westerly direction. Arrived at 

 the valley, there is a small town or village of tiie same name, 

 near to which are set up three square pillars built of stone, being 

 about eight feet in height, and thirty or forty yards distant from 

 each other, of very contemptible masonry and mean appearance, 

 but highly venerated ; and against the one of these nearest to 

 Mecca, the seven small pebbles brought from the Mosque are 

 thrown. 



When this important duty is performed, the pilgrims return 

 again to the valley of Munya, in which they say it was that 

 Abraham offered up his son Isaac, and that his hand was stayed 

 by the angel of heaven, who provided him a ram for the sacri- 

 fice, in commemoration of which event they purchase a lamb or 

 a sheep, brought there in flocks by the Bedouins, and offer it up 

 as a sacrifice, by slaying it on the spot, where they suffer it to 

 remain, though it is soon afterwards taken from thence by the 

 original proprietor, who finds the skin useful to him as a gar- 

 ment, and sells the flesh either at Mecca or elsewhere. The 

 sacrifice completed, a portion of the hair is shorn, the Haram is 

 tlirown off, and the devotee is at liberty to resume his ordinary 

 dress, which is done by the majority, and the remainder of the 

 day is given to repose, the usual prayers being observed. 



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