Ohfervations Sec. a^s 



{% Kings ^. 30.) to have painted her Face, the Original Words 

 are \_^'^yv "j^sj cDi^n] Jhe adjufted (or.fet off) her Eyes with the 

 Towder of Lead Ore. The like Ornament was made ufe of not 

 only by other Eaftern Nations, but by the Greeks and Romans 

 alfo, as appears from antient Authors '. Among other Things 

 relating to theEgfptian Women, I have likevvife feen taken out of 

 the Catacombs at -.S^^^^r^, a Joynt of a common Reed, which con- 

 tained one of the Bodkins, and an Ounce or more of the Powder 

 that I have defcribed ; both of them agreeable to the Fafliion 

 and Cuftom of this Time. 



Carpets are another Branch of the Trade and Manufaduries Carpers, 

 of this Country. They are made of much coarfer Materials, 

 and are not fo beautifully deligned as thofe of Turkey ; but being 

 cheaper and fofter, they are preferred by thefe People to lye 

 upon. At Algiers 3.nd Tunis there are Looms for Velvet, 

 Tafitas, and feveral Kinds of wrought Silks. A coarfe Sort ofsuks, 

 Linnen is like wife made all over thefe Kingdoms, though aS"/^/^ Linncn, 

 is noted for producing the fineft. The greateft Part of the Ma- 

 nufadures I have mentioned are confumed at Home ; feme of 

 which are fo fmall and inconliderable, particularly the Silks 

 and Linnen, that the Deficiencies are frequently made up from 

 the Levant and Europe. It may be further obferved , that BfaJtZf 

 thefe Parts of Barharj fend very few of their Commodities to^""''' 

 foreign Markets. Oyl, Hydes, Wax, Pulfe and Corn, are 

 the general Produce ; but the firft are either in fuch fmall 

 Quantities, or fo much wanted at Home, that Corn may be 

 reckoned the chief and indeed the only Branch of Trade for Ex- 

 portation. Before the Lofs of JVarran, I have known our 

 Merchants, fhip off, fome Years, from one or other of the Ports 

 of thefe Kingdoms, feven or eight thoufand Ton. There is 

 likewifefo great aConfumption of Oyl among the Natives them- 

 felves, that, in the Kingdom particularly of Algiers, it is feldom 

 permitted to be fhipped off for Chrijtendom. Greater Quanti- 

 ties indeed are produced near Tunis and Suja, but then the 



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 Mfxiu! (o^^ms &i.c. Xc«o/)/;. de Cyr. Inft. \.i.^.l\. ^tu>r» (mi Jh/.x(Tiv ai ^fu<n!fo^'imiyui><uyM,'^J' 

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 Xav.&c. CI. Alex.V£.i}i.. 1.^. c. 2. Vis Stibij principalis circa oculos ; namque ideo ctiam 

 pleriquc Platyophthalmon id appellavere (Diofcerid. 1. j. c. pp.) quoniam irj calliblepharii 

 raiiiierum dilacet oculos. Pl'm. I.33. c.6. 



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