Ohfervations (Sec. ^05- 



Arrival of eachGueft, byfqiialling out, loo, loo', fcveral Times 

 together ; at their Funerals alfo, and upon other melancho- 

 ly Occafions, they repeat the fameNoife", making it only 

 more deep and hollow \ and ending each Period of it vvith 

 fome vcntriloquous Sighs. The (άλΛλαζονταί -m^xd) wailing great- 

 ly (as our Verfion expreiTeth It, Mar. y. g8.) upon the Death 

 of Jairiiss "Daughter, was probably performed in this Manner. 

 For, there are feveral Women hired, upon thefe lugubrious Oc- ' 



cafions, for the Purpofe, who like the Treeficce * or mourning 

 Women ' of old, are MiftreiTes of thefe melancholy ExpreiTi- 

 ons, and indeed perform their Parts with fuch proper Geftures 

 and Commotions, that they rarely fail to work up the Aifem- 

 bly into fome extraordinary Pitch of Thoughtfulnefs and Sorrow. 



No Nation in the World is fo much given to Superftition asT*^ Arabs 

 the ^rahs , or even as the Mahometans in general. TheyS^'^»»•" 

 hang ' about their Childrens Necks the Figure of an open Hand, 

 which the Turks and Moors paint upon then" Ships and Houies, 

 as an Antidote and Counter-Charm to an evil Eye : for five is 

 with them an unlucky Number, and Five (Fingers perhaps) in 

 jour Eyes, is their Proverb of Curfing and Defiance. Thofe who 

 are grown up, carry always about with them fome Paragraph 

 or other of their Koran, which, like as the Jeii/s did their 

 Thjla&eries, {ΕχΛ'^.16. iV^w^. 15•. 3 8.) they place upon their 

 Breaft, or fow under their Caps, to prevent Faicination and 

 Witchcraft, and to fecure themfelves from Sicknefs and Mif- 

 fortunes. The Virtue of thefe Charms and Scrolls is fuppofed 

 likewife to be fo far univerfal, that they fufpend them upon 

 the Necks of their Cattle, Horfes and other Eeafts of Burthen. 



I A Corruption as it feems to be of Π'π'ϊΠ Hallelmah. Αλ«λ;\ a Word of the like Sound 

 was ui'ed by an Army, either before they gave the Onlet, or when they had obtained the 

 ViLlory. Vid.fs/. Synopf. Vol. 4. p. 790. & Mint. Lex. in voce αλαλάζω. The Turl^ to this 

 Day call out M^ih, All.ih, AlLib upon the like Occaiion. 2 As if the Word now was ve- 

 lated to the Hfi. 7?', ejuLiri, from whence perhaps our £?i^/j//j Word to /;oit'/. 3 ΡΙια.ηώ 

 informs us, untEleleu, ioii, ion, were uied in this Manner. ΐ,-^τι^ωνΜ Ji τΓ^ arnvJ^x;, e/j/.a, "i 

 (Kj ών TO fc. οττίϋΛΐ'Τΐί' in^avttv i(s^ τηααν'ιζοντίί Η«5αη, ττ Ji ΐΑ^ττύξιω! yjj inMyris tH.Plutiircb. inThcfco. 

 4 Proifics. dicuntur mulieres ad lamentandum mortuum conducts, qux dant cxteris modum 

 planj;cndi, quafi in hoc ip.lira prsfefta:. Vid. P. Fefl. & Non. M.ncell. in voce. 5• CaU for 



the [mJJpQ trom flp to lament] mourning Women that they may come and take up a irail'iiig 



for us, that our Eyes m.xy run down tuith Tears and our Eyelids guf} out ii'ithlV.iter. Jer.9.17.18. 

 6 This Cuftom of hanging Things about the Neck to prevent Mifchicf, DifVempers, &c. 

 feems to be of great Antiquity, and was common to other Nations. Thus Varro do Ling.; 

 Lat. l.(i. in rine. Vtii\>\z, a fr^bcndo, utfittutum: quodftnt retnediain collo pucreis. F-ifcinum^• 

 coUisnempe pucrorum fu(pcnfum,J;j/.iHfiH??; ra/Zoi/m appellatP/i«/Ki. I.28. c.4. The Ai//.* was 

 wore upon the fame Account, as .\i.?froi/«i tells us. Sat. 1. i. BulU gejLimen er .it triumph an- 

 tiuw, indujis intra earn rcmcdiis^ que. crederent adverfum invidiam valentiifiraa. 



Hhhh They 



