TRAYELS IN BARBARY. 
and trained in all the arts and accomplishments} 
which can render them objects of attraction. 
They are kept in a state of the strictest seclusion, 
and never go out unless rarely by night, attended 
by a numerous train, who announce their ap-? 
proach by shouting and lights, when no one must 
meet, or even look at them, under pain of death. 
They do not, however, spend their time in that 
supine indolence which has been often imputed 
to them. They knit, weave, and embroider ; they 
pay particular attention to cookery, in order to 
guard against the danger of poison ; and they 
find much employment in superintending the 
labours of their numerous slaves. On some, their 
confinement seemed to weigh heavily ; but in 
general, they were far from melancholy. 
The toilet is an occupation in which much 
time and expence are employed, though natural 
charms are rather obscured than embellished by it. 
The lady of rank in dressing is attended by a 
number of female slaves, to each of whom a parti- 
cular department is assigned. One plaits the hair, 
another perfumes it ; a third arranges the eye- 
brows, a fourth paints the face, and so on. Per- 
fumes and scented waters are lavishly poured 
upon the hair, and a vast quantity of powder of 
cloves is stuffed into it ; the eye-brows, besides 
being painted black, ar*:: shaped by having a num- 
ber of the hairs pulled out. Even the fingers and 
