2^6 Phyfical and Mifcelianeous 



Μοοήβ) Merchants alone are allowed to buy it : obliging them- 



felves at the fame Time to difpofe of it at Alexandria, Da- 



miatn, or fome other Ports of the Mahometan Dominions. 



The chcapnefs Commodities of all Kinds are fold very cheap in this Coun- 



iijioZ ^'^'" try. We can have a large Piece of Bread, a Bundle of Turneps, 



a fmall Basket of Fruit &c. for the fix hundredth and ninety 



fixth part of a Dollar, i. e. of three Shillings and Six -pence of 



our Money. Fowls are frequently bought for three half-pence 



a Piece; a Sheep for three Shillings and fix-pence; and a Cow 



and a Calf for a Guinea. It is happy likewife for thefe People 



that they can have, one Year with another, a Buihel of the 



beft Wheat for fifteen or eighteen-pence. For the Inhabitants 



of thefe Countries, no lefs than the Eaftern People in general, 



Thefe People are grcat Eaters of Bread ' ; it being computed that three Per- 



5sw.'*" fons in four live entirely upon It, or elfe upon fuch Compofi- 



tions *, as are made of Barley and Wheat-Flour. Frequent 



mention is made of this fimple Diet in the H. Scriptures \ 



^^ 'f^ In Cities and Villages , where there are publick Ovens, the 



Bread is ufually levened ; but among the Bedoweens, as foon 



as the Dough is kneaded, it is made into thin Cakes, which are 



either immediately baked upon the Coals, or elfe in a Ta-jen *. 



Such were the unleanjened Cakes, {Ex. 19. z. Joβ^. 5-, 1 1. Judg. 



6. II. and 19. χ Sam. ig. 8. i Chr. 13. X9. &c.) and the Cakes 



which Sarah made quickly upon the Hearth, Gen. 18. ri. 



How they Moft Families grind their Wheat and Barley at Home, having 



grind their . η λ τ\ η λ 



Corn. two portable Grmd-Stones for that Purpoie, the uppermoft 

 whereof, is turned round by a fmall Handle of Wood or Iron, 



I Αί^υτίϊΐΒί (Α'ΕκΛταϊοί ΑΡΤΟΦΑΓΟΤ2 fwi-'JiOii Kl/^λκs7atί Ι<θ}ο»7βί. yithen. Oc'xp.l. 10. p. 418. 

 Ed. Dalechamp. Majfanijfa likewile, agreeable no doubt to the Cuftom of the Numidians 

 at that Time, is mentioned by Polybtus [Vngm. p.iooo. Ed. Cafaub.) as eating (si/iiteivifTsy) 

 brown Bread very favourily at his Tent Door. τ. Otfcajfowe, thechicfeft of theie Compo- 

 pofitions, is well defcribcd in Phil. Tranf. N° 2^4. and in Lowth. Abridg. Vol. 3. p. 6z6. 

 When the Grains of Oifcajfowe are large, then the Compofition is called Hamz.a. What they 

 call Dweeda is the lame with Vermezaelit ; as their Bag-reah differs not much from our 

 Pancakes, only that inftead of rubbing the (Ta-jen) Pan they fry it in with Butter, they 

 make ufe of Soap to make it honey-comb. 3 Gen. 18. y. and i Sam. 28. 22. 1 will fetch λ 

 morfel of Bread. Ch. 21. 14. Ana Khtzhzmtook^Bre ad and a bottle of Water, and gave it unto 

 Hagar. Ch. 37. 25:. They fat down to eat Bread. Ch. 43. 31. /iwiijofcph faid,fet on Bread. 

 Ex. 2. 20. Call him, that he may eat Bread. Ch. \6. 3. We did eat Bread to the full. Deut. 

 9. 9. I neither did eat Bread nor drink Water i Sam. 28. 20. Saul had eaten no Bread all the 

 Day. &c. 4 This is a ihallow Earthen Veffel, like a Frying Pan, made ufe of not only for 

 This but Other Purpofes. What is baked therein is called Tajen, after the Name of the 

 Veflel J juft as nya-m {Hefych. ■vlylujoy) a Word of the fame Sound and Import, is taken by 

 the Greeks : luyluja* appellant •η h ττιγίνφ t->{*f9tr. (Steph. Thef. p. 1460-1. J /f thy Oblation (Lev. 

 2. f.J be a Meat-Offering (&i 7ii}in) bakcn in a Pan, it /hall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled 

 with 0)1. 



placed 



