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faying it was Sheitdn^ the devil had pofTefled him. The man 
was dead before I faw him ; much extravafated blood appeared 
about him. He had been at work in the fun. T^xo. coup-de-foleil^ 
properly fo called, does not often occur. When much expofed 
in walking or at work, they protect their head from the ill effed: 
pf the rays defcending perpendicularly, by winding their Ihirt 
round it, and leaving the trunk uncovered. 
Umbilical ruptures. 
Among the flaves, and even free perfons in Dar-Fur, promi- 
nencies of the navel, and umbilical ruptures, of greater or lefs 
magnitude, are very common. Though the chord be remarked 
to be larger in the negroes than with us, this circumftance muft 
probably be occafioned by ignorance, carelefnefs, or fome mif- 
management at the birth. It does not appear to be attended 
with pofitive inconvenience. The chord, when divided, is here 
cauterized as in Egypt. 
Accouchemens, 
The accouchemens of the Arabian females are remarkably 
eafy. There are ftories of the Bedouin women fitting down 
near a water and delivering themfelves. Certain it is, that both 
the Mohammedan and Coptic females in the cities and towns are 
equally averfe from the attendance of a man on thefe occafions; 
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