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inches high: this table is spread with a kind of conical 
cover of osier or palm-leaves, which are sometimes of 
various colours. All the dishes in Morocco have the 
form of an inverted cone, truncated, so that the bottom 
of the dish is very narrow. Sometimes small soft loaves 
are put on the table round the dish, and ever} 7 one takes 
a pinch of the bread before him as he wants it. 
Every dish is served on a different table, always 
covered, so that there are as many tables as dishes. 
Sometimes a large cup or bowl of sour milk is served 
separately, with many clumsy wooden spoons, long and 
deep, and the guests take from time to time, or even at 
each mouthful of meat or couscoussou, a spoonful of 
this milk. They are seated on the ground, on a carpet 
spread round the table, and all help themselves from the 
same dish. When there are many guests, several tables 
are served at the same time, and four or six, with their 
legs crossed, place themselves around each table. 
Every time a Mahometan sits down to table, he be- 
gins by invoking the deity with " Bism Hlah" (in the 
name of God;) he ends his repast with the word " All- 
hamdo-Lillahi" (praise be given to God.) 
These invocations are also made before and after 
drinking; they are also uttered whenever any business 
is undertaken: but if the name of God be always in their 
mouths, a due veneration for him is not always in the 
hearts of those who invoke him. When they rise from 
table, they not only wash their hands, but also the inside 
of their mouths, and their beards. For these ablutions 
a servant or slave brings in a basin of copper or 
earthen, ware in his left hand, and in his right an urn or 
jar, ivith a napkin upon his left shoulder; he presents 
these successively to each guest, who holds his hands 
out over the basin, without touching it; the servant 
