Ohfervations 6cc. 2^9 



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

 in the like Situation. 



It is cuftomary for the Turks and Moors to wear Linnenr/.? kr^u 

 underneath their Tunicks ; but tht y4rahsy in general, wear no- ""'''"' ^'""' 

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

 li/ars, 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 ofSuperftition, they are not afterwards to 

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

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

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

 loured Ribbands , interchangeably fown together. Neither./.. Drawee. 

 are the -B^^^OT^e-f^^ 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 

 diftinguilhed from the Matrons in having Theirs made of 

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

 is defcribed, i Sam. i g. 1 8. But when theWomen 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 Barharj Matron in her Undrefs appears 

 exaftly in the fame manner, thatSilenus doth in t\\Qy4dmiranda \ 



We are to obferve further with Regard to the Habits of ther^^^-'/A&c. 

 jV/oori/6 Women, that, when they appear in Publick, they al-iii^^o'"^"^'" 

 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 Rehekah may be fuppofed to 

 have done upon the Sight oilfaac. {Gen. 1^. 65-.) They all 

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



iThatpart of thefeInkhorns(if anlnftrumentofBrafs maybe fo called) which paflech be- 

 twixt the Girdle and the Tunlck and holdeth their Pens, is long and flat; but theVelTel for the 

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

 ufe ofQu^ills, butof fmall Reeds (Calami) which they cut into the fame Shape with our Pens ; 

 and in the Country Villages, no lefs than among the Kahyles 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 thefe Inftruments in their Girdles, (VJPOD 

 lEz.ekz9-2.) ad Umbos fuosy by His Side) feems to have been as early as the Prophet 

 Ex.ekieL 2 This is called both in Barbary and the Levant, a Footah [aL^] which Camus {\n. 

 Gol'tus) makes to beaPerfun Word, denoting, Genus vefiis ftriaU, exSindia deportari/o/if«?M. 

 pec. prsclnltomm. 3 Vid. /Idm'trand. Roman. Antiq. Tab. 44. 



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