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motive of this precipitation ordered by the ritual is, 
that the prayer of the setting sun, or Mogareb, ought 
not to be said at Arafat, but at Mosdelifa, at the same 
time as the night prayer, or Ascha, which ought to be 
said at the last moment of twilight, that is, an hour 
and a half after sun- set. These prayers are repeated by 
each group or family privately. We hastened to say 
them upon our arrival, before we pitched our tents; 
and the day was terminated by mutual felicitations 
upon the happiness of our sanctification by the pil- 
grimage to the mount. 
We set out the next day, Wednesday, 18th Febru- 
ary, 10th of the month Doulhajea, and the first day of 
Easter, at five o'clock in the morning, to go to encamp 
at Mina. 
We alighted immediately after our arrival, and went 
precipitately to the house of the devil, which is facing 
the fountain. We had each seven small stones of the 
size of gray peas, which we had picked up expressly 
the evening before at Mosdelifa to throw against the 
house of the devil. Mussulmen of the rite of Maleki 
like myself, throw them one after the other, pro- 
nouncing after every one these words, " Bism illah 
Allahuak'bar," which interpreted are, " In the name 
of God, very great God." As the devil has had the 
malice to build his house in a very narrow place, not 
above thirty-four feet broad, occupied also in part by 
rocks, which it was requisite to climb to make sure of 
our aim when we threw the stones over the wall that 
surrounded it, and as the pilgrims all desired to per- 
form this ceremony immediately upon their arrival, 
there was a most terrible confusion. However, I soon 
succeeded in accomplishing this holy duty, through 
the aid of my people; but I came aff with two wounds 
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