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Hanbeli; those of the noon and sun-set by the Imam of 
Hhaneffi; that of the afternoon by the Imam of Schaffi; 
and that of night by the Imam of Maleki. 
The negro eunuchs, servants, and guards of the 
Kaaba, sit in the Makam Hanbeli, where they have 
some furniture and carpets to sit upon. At the hours 
of prayer the singers, who are also black eunuchs, 
ascend the choir in the upper gallery of the Makam 
Hhaneffi. 
They enter into this paved space, where all these 
edifices are, by six ways, all paved with square 
stones, which begin at the large galleries fronting 
the doors Selem, Nebi, SafFa, L'Vdaa, Ibrahim and 
Aamra. 
These ways, which are ten feet six inches broad, 
and one foot above the general plane of the court, 
communicate with smaller paths, which lead to other 
parts of the gallery. The remainder of the court is of 
coarse sand, the habitual residence of at least two 
thousand doves, the property of the Sultan Scherif. 
There are a number of women and children to be 
met with in the paths, who sell plates of corn at a para 
each. The pilgrims do not fail generally to consecrate 
paras to buy corn to throw to the doves of the temple, 
which is a very agreeable expiatory in the eyes of the 
Divinity, and those of the Scherif. 
El Cobbatairi, or The two Cobbas, are at a short 
distance from, and opposite to the door of the Zem- 
zem. They are two chapels exactly alike, about 
eighteen feet square. Their point of contact repre- 
sents a diagonal angle; and they are both covered with 
a handsome cupola. It has been said, that they are 
used to hold the pitchers: one, however, is also appro- 
