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Ohjervations &c. ^07 



alfo fhare in the iame Reputation with their Prophet, q,^ \:Q.somcfrdevd 

 ceiving Vilions and converfmg with the Deity, whillt others, '•'^'^^''^l viz.' 

 who are fuppofed to work Miracles, are endowed with Gifts, 

 which Mahomet' himfelf durlt not pretend to. When I was 

 with Seedy Mujlafa the Kaleefa of the weftern Province, (near 

 the River uirheiv) he told me, in the Prefence of a number of 

 ^rah'ian Shekhs, who vouched for the fame Fad, ih^it Seedvlfp, ^"' 



' y IVJukna-Jah, 



Ben Mukha-lahj a Marahhutt hard by, had a folid Iron Bar, 

 which, upon Command, would give the fame Noife, and do 

 the like Execution, as a Cannon, and that once, the whole ^Z- 

 ger'ine Army, upon demanding too exorbitant a Tax from the 

 ^rahs under his Protedion, were put to Flight by the Miracle. 

 Yet notwithftanding the Frequency, as they pretended, of the 

 Experiment, the Merit I urged there would be in the Con- 

 vidion of a Chriflian concerning the Truth of it, and the Sol- * 



licitations of the whole Company , the Marabhutt had too 

 much Policy to hazard his Reputation at that Time. But I 

 had better Succefs, near Seteef, with Seedy AJhonre, the Ma- Seedy aAi- 

 rahhutt of the Ammer, a Perfon famous all over the eaftern* 

 Province for the vomiting of Fire. This Operation, as he 

 performed It, I faw leveral Times : the firft Inftance whereof 

 did very much furprize me, to obferve his Mouth to be all of 

 a fuddain in a Blaze, and the violent Agonies that were coun- 

 terfeited at the fame Time. But when the fame was repeated 

 a little afterwards, (for he pretended to have frequent Illapfes 

 of the Deity) I plainly faw the great Dexterity and Artfulnefs 

 he made ufe of in drawing his Head and Hands within his 

 Burnoofe, which, as he told us, was in order to converfewith 

 the Deity, but, as I fufpe6led, to kindle the Fire. For as 

 foon as he had got all Things ready for the difplaying of the 

 Flame, fuch a Quantity of Smoak attended his Head and Hands 

 in withdrawing them from under his Burnooje, fo ftrong a 

 Smell was there likewife of Tow and Sulphur, befides fome 

 Threads of the former, that were engaged to his Beard, that 

 none but an ignorant and bigotted People, could be deceived 

 by the Impofture. This I took Notice of to fome Turks, that 

 were with me, who faw through the Contrivance ; but the 

 ^rahs ftill infilled upon the wonderful Gift of Seedy ^Jhoure, 

 and that \_Ma Kan fiy ¥iffhoo'\ there was none like him, 



I Vid. Fri^MKx's Life of Mahomet, p. 18. 19. 



Hhhh2 Thofe 



