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an, or Turk; but the lower order of people generally 
wear a robe or shirt of white and black, or brown 
broad- striped stuff, as in Arabia; and persons in easy- 
circumstances, those employed about the temple, &c. 
wear the Turkish costume, with the kaouk or high 
turban. The women cover themselves with a large white 
cloak or veil. 
The arts, though little advanced, are however more 
so than at Mecca. I saw some works well finished. 
They make very handsome yellow slippers. There are 
several weaving looms in employ, but it is remarkable 
that I did not see a single lock or key of iron. 
As is the case with Mecca, so in Jerusalem, the 
sciences have entirely disappeared. There existed for- 
merly large schools belonging to the Haram; but 
there are hardly any traces of them left. There are 
at present only a few small schools, where children of 
every form of worship learn to write and read the code 
of their respective religion. The grossest ignorance 
prevails even among persons of high rank, who seem 
on the first interview to have received a distinguished 
education. 
The Arabic language is generally spoken at Jerusa- 
lem, and the Turkish is much used; but the Arabic 
spoken here, differs a little from that of Arabia in the 
pronunciation, which partakes too much of the Turkish 
accent. 
It is asserted that there are more than seven thousand 
Mussulmen at Jerusalem; two thousand of whom are 
able to bear arms, and more than twenty thousand 
Christians of different rites; Maronites, United Greeks, 
Schismatic Greeks, Roman or Latin Catholics, Arme- 
nians, &c. but there are few Jews. 
This multitude of individuals of different religions 
