kiff!t)K af spectstors, as the hest pl-oficients irt'irnasicif 

 few kt the same time, they generally show their disposii 

 tion to quarrel. They are no less quarrelsonie ifi^^eed, 

 f hail the G'hug'hree-Wallas hefore mentioned. - - ^ r*i 

 s 'Wfeeft I say, lhat the G'hug'hree-WalEs and Byrag. 

 ~ge§ are quarrelsome individuals, I beg to he distinctly 

 understood/ that I do not mean to say, as a sweeping 

 'assertion, that they are universally so, for, sdnie of thein 

 so far, as I understand, from co-operating with the par- 

 ties^ or factions before mentioned, are perfeQyy^nnc^(je,u'^ 

 and harmless;: sdl— isjojBTRfh ^f^^rrjol ?,rrrt p n «if fit 

 ^ '^th. i/-^^ Siddee, fa oaiTree, a negro, a West In- 

 dian, an Ethiopian or Abyssinian) bands of robust and 

 athletic men of hideous figures, called Siddee?, go about 

 dancing and striking sticks together, keeping proper 

 time; They are quite naked in every part except the waist 

 -—%hey rub their bodies with a composition of soot and' 

 lamp-oil. In appearance, they are extremely dirty. 

 - Wtk. (J-**- ^(^T^^ Hajee Ahmuk and u-i J 

 Kajee 'Be'Waquoof--(Persian words signifying pilgrim* 

 simpleton and v/anderer-harmless) they are dressed in 

 long robes of sackcloth. Very high and round turban^, 

 cover their heads. They have formidable false beards. 

 They entertain the eorspany with strange stories of their 

 supposed adventures. In their demeanour they are very 

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11/^. ^^ S^f Bobd'ha and 'i^i Bood'hee{Hihdoo- 

 stanee words meaning old man and old woman) they sit 

 iogether upon scaffolds ere cted for that purpose during^ 

 the Mohufrum anniversary. The old man appears in hig 

 ^own arid turban — his grey beard is extremely interest^^ 

 ing. The old lady provokes the hy-standers to mirtM 

 by the starched gravity of a withered female, surcharged^ 

 •With wrinkles added to her antiquated grimace. This 

 happy couple treat each -other with complacency. The 



