VoLIIL MifcelUnea Curiofa. 581 



Jbi Account of the MooriOi Way 

 of ^fejfmg their Meat {^isinth 

 other Remarks) in Weft-Barba> 

 ry^ from Cape Spartel to Cape 

 de Geer. By Mr. "^ezreel Jones. 



TH E Mauritanian or Barbarian Moorl 

 when he rifes in the Morning, wa flies 

 himfelf all over, and drelTes, then goes to 

 their Jiama^ or Church, fays his Prayers, 

 and returns home, where his Wife, Concur 

 bine, or Slave, hath his Breakfeft provided 

 for him, which is fometimes made of Barly 

 or Wheat-Gruel \ for I have known both. 

 It is made fomewhat thicker than oars, till it 

 be ropy^ they put Origan, and other Herbs, 

 powderM, into it, which for fuch ufes they 

 keep dry'd all the Year \ fome will put a lit- 

 tle Pepper, and other Spice. I have often 

 been treated with warm Bread, frefli Butter, 

 and Honey, in a Morning, which is not fel- 

 * dom ufed among thejnfelves, an Hour or two 

 after they have had Gruel ; as alfb Hafty- 

 Pudding, with Butter, and fometimes Butter 

 and Honey, (as the Guefts are, and accord- 

 ing to the Ability of the Entertainers-) Some 

 again give Cufcufoo^ with Milk, others with 

 Flelh, a third with Roots. It is to be obferv- 

 ed, when any one hath a Gueft or Guefts in 



his 



