68 MifcelUma Curiofa. Vol. Ill 



The Circumcifion , tho' it be a Sacred 

 Right, IS perform'd in their private Houfes, 

 and never in the Mofchs. 



The Women colour their Eye-Brows and 

 Lids with an ugly black Powder, I fuppofe, 

 to fet off their Beauty by fuph a Shadow; 

 and their Nails with the Povvdcr of Kanm^ 

 which gives them a Tinfture of faint Red, 

 like Brick (as they do the Tails and Hoofs 

 of Horfes) which they look upon as a great 

 Ornament. Their great diverfion is Bathing; 

 fometimes thrice, if not four times a Week. 

 They do not permit them to go to Church in 

 time of Prayer, for fear they fhould fpoil 

 their Devotion : The T urks being of fo bru- 

 tifh a Temper, that their Luft is rais'd upon 

 the 4ight of a fair Objea. They arc call'd 

 oftentimes by the Names of Flowers and 

 Fruits, and fometimes Phantaftick Names are 

 given them, fuch as Sucar Birpara^ or bit of 

 Sugar, DH Feribj or Ravifher of Hearts, and 

 the like. 



Their Skill in Agriculture is very mean. 

 In their Gardens they have feveral little 

 Trenches to convey Water, where it may be 

 moft neceflary for their Plants and. Flowers. 

 They know little or nothing of manuring 

 their Grounds: Sometimes they burn their 

 Fields and Vineyards after Harveft and Vin- 

 tage, partly to deftroy the Vermin, and jjart- 

 ly to enrich the Soil. They tread out their 

 Corn with Oxen, drawing a fquare Plank 

 Board, about^ a Foot and a half or two Foot 

 over, ftudded with Flints, and winnow it 

 upon their threfliing Floors in the open Air, 

 the Wind blowing away the Chaff They 



feed 



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