2^6 Vhyfical and Mifcellaneous 



Moorifb Merchants alone are allowed to buy it : obliging them- 



felves at the fame Time to difpofe of it at Alexandria, 7)a- 



mtata, or fome other Ports of the Mahometan Dominions. 



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



"IfoZ ''"'" 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 Bufhel 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 2iVQ grcat Eaters of Bread ' ; it being computed that three Per- 



^ofBrfaT' fons iu 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 '. 



?X !f^ ^^ 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 unlea'vened CakeSy {Ex. 19. z. yojh. y. 1 1. yudg. 



6. II. and 19. i Sam. ig. 8. i Chr.r'^. rg. &c.) and the Cakes 



which Sarah made quickfy upon the Hearth, Gen. 18. ^. 



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



Corn. two portable Grind-Stones for that Purpofe, the uppermoft 



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



I Ai>i;73iKf <A' Ex4T«uof APT0*Ar0T2 JHW WKaii YL<j».)i^Di IS/f^ynt. y/f/jfB. Dcip. I. lo. p. 418. 

 Ed. Dalecbamp. Majfanijfa likewife, agreeable no doubt to the Cuftom of the Numidians 

 at that Time, is mentioned by Polybius (Fragm. p. 1000. Ed. Cafatib.) as eating {^v-mefv Sijw) 

 l/rou'N Bread very favourily at his Tent Door. 2 Cufcajfowe, thechiefeft of thefe Compo- 

 pofitions, is well defcribed in Phil. Tranf. N° 2J4. and in Lou/th. Abridg. V0I.3. p. 626. 

 When the Grains o( Cufcajfowe are large, then the Compofitionis called Hamz.a. What they 

 call Dweeda is the fame with Vermez:i.elli ; 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. I will fetch a 

 morfel of Bread. Ch. 21. 14. And fkhzzhzmtook^Bread and a bottle of Water, and gave it unto 

 Hagar. Ch. 37. 25-. They fat down to eat Bread. Ch. 43. 31. y^«(iJofeph faid,fet on Bread. 

 Ex. 2. 20. Call him, that he may eat Bread. Ch. i6. 3. We did eat Bread to the full. Deur. 

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

 Day. Sec. 4 This is a fhallow Earthen Veffel, like a Frying Pan, made ufe of not only for 

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

 Veffcl ; juft as tojcckh' {Hefych. Ttt'Tlu/o)-) a Word of the fame Sound and Import, is taken by 

 the Greeks : -rayljjo* appellant to iy -niyMv l-h^^' (Steph. Thef. p. 1460-x.) If thy Oblation (Lev. 

 2. ^.) be a Meat-Offering {^ th;*)-") baken in a Pan, it fiall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled 

 with Oyl. 



placed 



