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where given, it was taken with the utmost indiffer- 

 ence. I saw an assembly of the dancing dervishes and 

 nothing more absurd can be conceived. The men 

 stand in a circle, one begins to spin like a tee-to-tum 

 there is no other comparison the next follows, and 

 in a short time even the lookers-on get giddy. The 

 men are dressed in a kind of skirt, which revolves 

 round them like the dress of an opera dancer. In 

 time they drop down one by one, unable to go on 

 any longer. 



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