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and thence adopted by the Abyfflinians, though exprefsly 
forbidden both by the law and by the prophets*. At Ma- 
fuah, it feems to be particular to dance upon that occafion. 
The women, friends, and vifitors place themfelves ina ring; 
_then dance flowly, figuring in and out as in a country-dance. 
This dance is all to the voice, no inftrument being ufed up- 
on the occafion ; only the drum (the butter-jar before men- 
tioned) is beat adroitly enough, and feems at once necef- 
fary to keep the dance and fong in order. In Abyflinia, too, 
this is purfued in a manner more ridiculous. Upon the 
death of an ozoro, or any nobleman, the twelve judges, 
(who are generally between 60 and 7o years of age) fing 
the fong, and dance the figure-dance, in a manner {o truly 
ridiculous, that grief muft have taken faft hold of every 
{pectator who does not laugh upon the occafion. There 
needs no other proof the deceafed was a friend. 
Mauomer Grpzertr married at Arkeeko. For fifteen days 
afterward, the hufband there is invifible to everybody but 
the female friends of his wife, who in that fultry country 
do every thing they can, by hot and {piced drinks, to throw 
the man, ftewed im a clofe room, into a fever. 1 do believe 
that Mahomer Gibberu, in the courfe of thefe fifteen days, 
was at leait two ftone lighter. It puts me much in mind of 
fome of our countrymen fweating themfelves for a horfe- 
race with a load of flannel on. I conceive that Mahomet 
Gibberti, had it not been for the {fpice, would have made a 
bad figure in the match he was engaged in. One of thefe 
nights of his being fequeftered, when, had I not providen- 
tially 
* Levit. chap. xix, ver. 28, Jerem. chap. xvi, ver. 6. 
