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\AUi capte converfos in ten am fufpndere : alii per ohfcena ftipitem e^erunt ' 
alii hrachia patihulo explicmrunt. Murder is feldom pardon'd, and 
efpecially if the Relations of the murder d perfon demand 
Juftice. 
The Qrcumcifion, tho it be a facred Rite, is performed 
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 fuch 
a jfhadow 3 and their nails with the powder of Kanna^ which 
gives them a tincture 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 3 fome- 
times thrice, if not four times a week. They do not per- 
mit them to go to Church in timeof ^Prayer, for fear they 
ftiould fpoil their devotion : The Tt^rks being of fo brutifh a 
temper, that their Luft is rais'd upon the fight of a fair 
objed:, They are call'd oftentimes by the Names of Flow- 
ers and Fruits, and fometimes phantaftic Names are given 
them, fuch as Smar Birpara^ or bit of Sugar, Dil Fenh^ or Ra- 
vifher of Hearts, and the like. 
Their skill iri 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 : fometimes 
- they burn their Fields and Vineyards after Harveft and Vin- 
tage, partly to deftroy the Vermin,and partly to enrich the 
Soil. They tread out their Corn with Oxen, drawing a fquare 
plank board, about a foot and half or two foot over, ftudded 
with Flints, and winnow it upon their threlliing Floors in 
the open Air, the wind blowing away the Chaff. They feed 
their Horfes with Barly and chopt Straw ; for I do not re- 
member ever to havefeen any Oats among them i and they 
make but little Hay. 
For draught of great weight in their Carts they make ufe 
of Buffalo's. 
Camels will endure Travel four days together without 
water, and will eat tops of thiftles, fhrubs, or any kind of 
boughs: they are very lure footed, and kneel when they 
area loading, and live to a confiderable number of years, 
fome even to fixty. 
The chief Furniture of their Houfes are Carpets, or Mats 
of Grand Catro^ neatly wrought with Straw, Ipread upon the 
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