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his mouth, and then proceeds to mix up another, all 

 eating from the same dish. Only the right hand is 

 used in conveying food to the mouth. 



They have with them a priest, or at least one who 

 does the work of a priest, and Mohammedan prayers 

 are read in the forecastle each evening at sundown. 



READING THE KORAN. 



I understand that one reason why the company 

 employ these men is because they are all, by their 

 religion, pledged teetotallers, and never give the 

 officers of the ship any trouble by those undis- 

 ciplinary pranks which usually grow out of grog- 

 drinking. 



They have among them " headmen," or bosses, who 



