Ohfervations &c. 25^^ 



by having an Inkhorn \ the Badge of their Office, fufpended 

 in the like Situation. 



It is cuitomary for the Turks and Moors to wear Linnenr/;? Arabs 

 underneath their Tunicks; but the^r^^j, in general, wear no- '^^*'^'"''^'^"^^'' 

 thing but Woolen. There is a Ceremony indeed, in fome Dou- 

 wars, which obligeth the Bridegroom and the Bride to wear each 

 of them a Shirt, at the Celebration of their Nuptials ; but then, 

 out of an odd Piece of Superftition, they are not afterwards to 

 waih or put them off fo long as they laft. The Sleeves 

 are wide and open, without any Folds at the Wrift, whilil 

 thofe of the Women are made with Gauze and different co- 

 loured Ribbands , interchangeably fown together. Neither «^r Drawer f. 

 are the Bedoweens accuftomed to wear Drawers, a Habit which 

 the Citizens of both Sexes do conftantly appear in, efpe- 

 cially when they go abroad or receive Vifits. The Virgins are 

 diftinguiihed from the Matrons in having Theirs made of 

 Needle-work, ftriped Silk or Linnen, juft as Tamafs Garment 

 is defcribed, i Sam. 13.18. But when the Women are atHome and 

 in Private, then they lay afide their Hykes and fometimes their 

 Tunicks, and, inftead of Drawers, bind only a Towel ' about 

 their Loyns. A Barhary Matron in her Undrefs appears 

 exactly in the fame manner, thztSilenus doth in \h&u4dmiranda Κ 



We are to obferve further with Regard to the Habits ofthe^l•ereih&cc. 

 Moor Ίβν^ omen, that, when they appear in Publick, thty 2i\-''ilmm^n.'' 

 ways fold themfelves up fo clofely in their Hykes, that with- 

 out the Addition of a Veil, there is very little to be feen of their 

 Faces. But in the Summer Months, when they retire to their 

 Country Seats, they walk abroad with lefs Caution and Re- 

 fervednefs, and, upon the Approach of a Stranger, let only their 

 Veils fall over their Faces, as Rehehah may be fuppofed to 

 have done upon the Sight οι Ifaac. {Gen.i^. 65-.) They all 

 affeol to have their Hair hang down to the Ground, which they 



I That part of thefe Inkhorns (if an Inftrument of Brafs may be fo called) which pafleth be- 

 twixt the Girdle and the Tunick and holdeth their Pens, is long and flat ; but theVeffel for the 

 Ink, which refts upon the Girdle, is fquarc, with a Lid to clafp over it. They make no 

 ufe ofQu^ilis, butof fmall Reeds {Calami) which they cut into the fame Shape with cur Pens; 

 and in the Country Villages, no lefs than among the Kabyles and Arabs, where Galls, Coppe- 

 ras &c. are not to be procured, they have Wool calcined into Powder, which they mix after- 

 wards with Water. The Manner of carrying theie Inftruments in their Girdles, (Vjn03 

 [E^ek^ 9. 2.) ad Umbos fuos, by His Side) feems to have been as early as the Prophet 

 Ez-ektel. 2 This is called both in Barbarj and the Levanty a Footah [aL^J] which Camus (in 

 Golius) makes to be a Perfun Word, denoting, Genus refits flriau, ex Sindia deportari folitum. 

 pec. prachinoritim. 3 Vid. yidmirand. Roman. Antiq. Tab. 44. 



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