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The paschal sacrifice consists in a sheep or a camel, 
which is to be killed on the first day of Great Easter 
(Eid quibir), which occurs on the tenth of the month 
of Dulhaja. Every Mussulman that has a family, or 
who keeps house, must conform to this rule. After hav- 
ing killed the animal with his own hand, between sun- 
rise and noon, he eats a part of it roasted, and gives the 
rest to the poor; and this must exceed a third part of 
the beast. The skin may be used by the owner for his 
own purposes, or rather should be given to the poor. 
Such sacrifices are repeated on various important occa- 
sions; as on the recovery from illness, on undertaking 
a long journey, or any other considerable business. 
The pious donations or foundations consist in the 
erection of monuments of public utility, as of a mos- 
que, a fountain, an hospital, a place of rest for travel- 
lers, or a school. When a Mussulman makes a pious 
foundation, or territorial gift, he and his posterity lose 
for ever the property of it; but be may reserve to him- 
self some advantages for himself and his successors. 
One of my chiefest cares, after entering Morocco, was 
to gain favour by a pious foundation; and with this 
view I provided the mosque of Tangier with a supply 
of water, in which it hitherto had been deficient. 
The acts of common charity, or casual alms, which 
in other religions are only recommended, are almost of 
imperious obligation on a Mussulman. He dares not sit 
down to dinner without inviting those who are near him 
to partake of it, of whatever condition or religion they 
may be; and he cannot refuse assistance to any poor per- 
son who may apply to him, if he have the means. The 
hospitality which he is to exercise towards every one who 
claims it, without regard to his religion, is a consequence 
of the same principle. 
