T7~ A Relation of the Chap. VII. 



Mahomet's Mabomet pronounces a Curfe upon thofe perfons who fuffer thcmfelves to be feen, 



Vtabibitim to ^ upon all thofe who look on them : And the ftricl: obfervance of his Law requires, 

 btfun na$ed. -j^ ^^ Men m< { VVomen ought to (have themlelves, without uiing the affiihnce 

 of any other hand. 



Ak Earth that But moft of the Inhabitants of the EASTERN Parts, the Arabians, Tartars, and 

 tity off bur, t he Indians, make ufe of a more eafie expedient then the Razor, to get off hair. It is 

 and its dangt- a certa j n Earth, which they mix with fome Orpiment, or Arfenick, and which bc- 

 rout Bfittts. comes foft as butter . ty nen tne y are in the Bath, and begin to fweat, they take of 

 that Earthy and therewith rub the parts, from which they would have the hair to fall, 

 and prcfently after they muft be very careful to fee, whether it begins to fall, as one 

 would obferve.a Fowl, whofe feathers he would take off, after it had been caft into 

 fcalding water. For if that Earth be left too long upon the parts whereto it had been 

 apply'd, it bums and makes holes in the flefti, the marks whereof will remain, fome- 

 what refembling thofe, which the Small Pox fometimes leaves behind it. Befides, the 

 skin of thofe parts, whereto this application is made, becomes in time as hard and 

 rough as Leather \ and thofe ungrateful inconveniences have diverted the Turhj and 

 Terfians from tiling that Expedient. Nor do the Cbri[Uans of the Levantine Countries 

 make ufe of it, though they imitate the Mahumetanes in the Cuftorne of frequenting 

 the Baths : But above all, in P erfta, none, make ufe of that remedy, but the poorer fort 

 of people. The Ladies, not regarding the prohibition of Mahomet, employ their 

 Female Slaves for the performance of that Office \ and with a fmall kind of Pincers 

 and twitchers, fuchas thofe, wherewith we take off the hair of the muftachoes, they 

 do, with a little more trouble, but lefs hazard, what that Earth does in lefs time, but 

 with more danger. Our Sultamffes are yet too delicate to imitate the Ladies of Perfia * 

 nay the men themfelves, in 7*«%,are npt very forward to have that twiteh'd off with 

 pain, which the Razour can take off without any trouble* 



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