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shaped beads. The two ends of the string pass first through the hun- 

 dredth bead, then through a fusiform or spindle-shaped tube, and 

 histly through two smaller beads, terminating in a green tassel. 

 Length, 40 inches. Cairo, Egypt. (Plate 27, fig. 1. Cat. No. 155166, 

 U.S.N.M.) 



73. Mohammedan rosary. — Consisting of 97 beads made of blood- 

 stones, with two dividing beads of chalcedony. Between the ninth 

 and tenth beads from one end of the string an oblong rectangular 

 piece of chalcedony is inserted, probably to complete, Avith the two 

 dividers, the number 100. The string terminates in a tassel of sillv 

 and gold thread tied with an artistic knot. Length, 34 inches. (Plate 

 27, fig. 2. Cat. No. 179075, U.S.N.M.) Collected by Dr. G. Brown 

 Goode. 



74. Mohammedan rosary. — Consisting of 91 beads made of horn. 

 On either side of the two dividing beads, which are vase shaped and 

 inlaid with silver dots, are three coral beads, and at either end of the 

 string two coral and one amber beads. The ends of the string pass 

 through two small beads of horn and a fusiform tube, terminating 

 in a green tassel. Length, 31 inches. (Plate 27, fig. 3. ' Cat. No. 

 179075, U.S.N.M.) Collected by Dr. G. Brown Goode. 



75. Mohammedan rosary. — Consisting of 102 beads made of com- 

 position, alternating three brown-colored and one, somewhat larger, 

 black. Length, 5 feet. Monastery of Mount Sinai, Syria. (Plate 27, 

 fig. 4. Cat. No. 154561, U.S.N.M.) Gift of Mrs. Layyah Barnkkah. 



76. M ohammedari rosary. — Consisting of 100 beads made of black 

 Avood, divided into three sections by two beads of bone. The ends of 

 the string are passed through an ol)loiig piece of slate. Length, 45 

 inches. Paris, France. (Cat. No. 76709, U.S.N.M.) Collected by 

 Mr. John Durand. 



77. Mohammedan rosary. — Consisting of 99 beads made of bone, 

 divided into three sections by two date stones. The ends of the 

 string pass through a large bead made from a piece of conch shell. 

 This style of rosary is used by the Mohammedans in China. Length, 

 30 inches. China.' (Plate 22, fig. 3. Cat. No. 167300, U.S.N.M.) 

 Lent by Hon. W. AV. Kockhill. 



IV. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ROSARY. 



The ordinarj^ Catholic rosary consists of 150 small beads divided 

 into decades by 15 larger beads. To these beads, forming a chaplet, 

 is usually attached a pendant, consisting of a cross, one large and 

 three small beads. The devotion begins with the invocation, " In 

 the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost." Then the 

 Apostles' Creed is recited on the cross, a pater noster (the Lord's 

 prayer) on the larger bead and three Ave Maria (Hail Mary) on 

 the three smaller beads, closing with the gloria (Glory be to the 



