MEDICINE. 



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 Vmn Swdtra. mount of. 58 

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of ducua dctcribcd, 

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of. fcii TaaailikM, aeo*j *f. 711 



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MED 



A IN \ri, city of Arabic, in the district 

 I, or the lamd a/* PUgrimagt, which com- 

 Ataita 1'rlntm of the ancient*. hot beyond 

 the confine* of the Beled d H.r.m, or koty land 

 turn, a territory that none, excepting Mahometans, are 

 allowed to enter. This city stand* on fertile spot, 

 in moonumoo* deaert. The moumaina. whicli 

 titate prominent feature in the whole land of IM- 

 rrimarr. are higfacat in ita vicinity. Water ii icaree 

 throurhoat the territory, beinf ot>umel from a few in 

 rooudrrable tprinf* and deep well* , but here and at 

 Mecca the rain water ia preaerred by the inhabitant* in 



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are aopplied plentifully with it. The tree yteldiita; the 

 real haUaan of Merra, whirh it railed triiam, urowi in 

 the unwinding drwrt, though it u not obtained at 

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Medina M anull, and tarroonded by a alight wall, 

 which aeeou to Ime been atrenxthened when the in- 

 lialnuntt were menaced by an army of aectariea a few 

 yeara aco It ia a place of no importance, eiccpt from 

 containing the acpulcnre of Mahomet, the approach to 

 which waaalwayattrictly interdicted to Jewaand Chria- 

 tiant . bat the inhabiunta enjoy the privilege of ex- 

 emption from the import paid to the acberiff of Mecca, 

 the natural lord of the country, and the tenth exacted 

 by the aectanea now alluded to. The Turkifh emper- 

 or claim* the torereignty of Medina and the ncighbour- 

 ry, am) had two officer* in the city ; but 

 the acfaernTof Mecca, enjoying an independent 'power, 

 held the real lupremacy, and had a Me. 



dina. 



Mahomet i* inckxed b an iron grating 



m a 



cta of a moaque of iiidifferrnt truo- 

 ounded by a nch brocr. r of 



n ground, the colour of the faithful. 

 b nor the moaque ; \>\ 



e ; bat an immente treuure had ccu- 



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mnlated forages, the pearls and precioui (tones in which 

 exceeded all estimation. Near to the tomb i* seen an 



afMalaW !.: !i (( M,!> | atSJH ..<< :,n ,- t,,r th,- |>,ir- 



pose orreceiving Jeau* Christ, as they believe he U yet 

 to return, and die at Medina. Here also are the tombs 

 of the Caliph Othman, and other friendi or descendants 

 of the prophet ; and the chair or pulpit from which he 

 waa accustomed to preach, is yet preserved with super, 

 stuiou* care, to be used at festivals. A fable was for. 

 merly prevalent, that the tomb was suspended in the 

 air between two magnets, or without any vi.ible sup. 

 port. Poncet, a French physician, who designed vi. 

 siting Medina about the year 1 TOO, and travelled much 

 in the East, declares that he visited a monastery of 

 Abyssinia, for the purpose of seeing a similar phono. 

 anon. There be beheld a round golden staff, about 

 four feet long, suspended hi the air ; and, to detect any 

 artifice, be requested the abbot to permit hi* examining 

 more narrowly whether there was not some invisible 

 prop or support. For my better assurance," says 

 and to take away all doubt, I passed my cane 

 over it, and under it, and on all sides, and found that 

 this staff of gold did truly hang of itself in the sir." It 

 is not improbable, therefore, that some deception was 

 practised in impending this celebrated sepulchre, which 

 those who determine on accounting for every thing, 

 conceived was accomplished by magnets. The tomb 

 was enclosed by the iron grating, and u also guarded 

 by 40 eunuchs, in cone<| commonly believed, 



of an attempt to carry off the bonea of the prophet. 

 Nf e<lina and Mecca are two places of pilgrimage, re- 



' to which cttifers grcit distinction on 

 Mahometans; but it appears that the latter i* more 

 frc<|itrrtr ii, fcsa a caravan annually repairs 



dina from Damascus, the principal purpose of 

 lui-h is to carry a rich carpet (nun the 1 urktsh em. 

 peror for the tori b of tin- prophet. It travels umlrr 

 the direction of the pasha ot that city, as prince of the 

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