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round the head. Their arms are a lance, commonly 
weive te et long, with a point at one end, which 
ney ufe 'n battle, and when they take a loner. ride : 
a battle-ax fattened to a ftick of three feet length’ 
lirt J e f d ged oblong iron club fattened to fuch 
nouier ttick; thefe they conttantly carry with 
j. n em ‘ d ,le y u ^ e no fire arms, nor labres, nor 
b Phe Arabs are of a middling fize, full of fletti, 
n °t at ’ they have ttrong mufcles and a rough 
n ; their countenance is dark brown ; and after 
are ahva>rblack. they ^ thdrbeards § row ’ wh 'ch 
rtiominrr ^ 1 tbe , new moon at ^ even o’clock in the 
th e Gil the. 2 7 th, began the time when all 
Ujp .] 1 “ ll 0 Iri et3ns invert the order of nature, turning 
mt n ' ’ and day into night. This is their 
th; rr US , i - aniazan or Ramadan, which latts for 
all 7. a 7 s > or the whole courfe of the moon. Under 
dri-ig I:> tl J ne ever y hlufelman refrains from meat, 
tobacc " and ec - a word, none can 
rif e ° f Po^dhment take a drop of water from fun- 
th an ct Un l r but 110 Sooner is the fun gone down 
fu n-rif. Cy v,f gm t0 eaC ’ drink, and be merry until 
ar e at C f i- . in ‘ nar ets, or fteeples of their Mofques, 
night i !S Clme adonied with burning lamps all the 
Xv ent n! J \ ^ bbew ’^ e are the principal ftreets. I 
fee Cair .' l coa 7 at feven o’clock of an evening, to 
a fibrdfvt° ^i nnu 5 neni fii e rninarets illuminated, which 
q CQ a nne light. 
^ure? e 27d \ was ce ' e ^ ratc d a feftival, to which 
bot be rTi a,r ° a ^ one a right, and therefore can- 
h Was on C ? rated at an y otli er place in the world, 
into the Vo, da y, tha t the water of the Nile was let 
to E?Vnr\ f!!’ u” d therefore a beginning was made 
SJPt.fcrnI.ijr for the cniuing yea?. As the 
good 
