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As soon as the prayer is finished, all the train start 
again, and proceed at the same rapid pace, because the 
angel of death is waiting in the grave for the body, in 
order to begin his examination of it, and to pronounce 
the judgment which is to decide the fate of the deceas- 
ed. At every moment the bearers are changed, be- 
cause every one wishes to participate in this act of mer- 
cy. On the way they all sing verses from the koran, in 
the tune of re ut, re ut. 
When they arrive at the burial ground, they make a 
short prayer; the corpse is then put into the grave with- 
out a coffin, and placed in the ground a little on one 
side, so that the face may look towards Mecca. The 
right hand is put to ( the ear of the same side, as if lean- 
ing upon it. Afterwards some earth is thrown upon the 
body, and the retinue return to the house of the deceas- 
ed to compliment the family. During all this ceremony, 
as well as from the moment of the death, and for eight 
days following, the women of the family assemble for no 
other purpose than to make most horrible out- cries, 
which last almost all the day long. 
The public bath at Tangier is very indifferent, and of 
a miserable appearance; the entry to it is by a small 
door, from which descends a narrow staircase, and on 
the right hand is a well, which furnishes the water ne- 
cessary for this establishment. At the left hand is a 
sort of landing place, with a small room on one side; it 
is here that the bathers undress and dress. To the right 
of the landing place is an apartment, or rather a cellar, 
which has so very little light, that when you enter it 
you seem to be quite in the dark; the bottom of this 
cellar is full of water, and very slippery. Most peo- 
ple take their bath in this part by using one hot and one 
cold pail of water, which they mix to the temperature 
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