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lours, as we may gather from the epithet applied to the fawn, 
ttomiXov; and it is evident that this art was known amongst the orien- 
tals in the age of Ulysses; we read also in the book of Judges, 
“ Have they not sped, have they not divided the prey? to Sisera 
a prey of divers colours, of divers colours of needle-work, of divers 
colours of needle-work on both sides, meet for the necks of them 
that take the spoil?” Tamar, after her humiliation, laid aside her 
royal robe of many colours, which, as a princess of Israel, she was 
accustomed to wear. 
Such is the analogy between ancient and modern usages in the 
oriental world; where things are much less liable to change than 
in Europe, especially among the females, whose manners and cus- 
toms keep them in a secluded state: yet the higher classes enjoy 
various pleasures in the haram; and many of them confirm Lady 
Wortley Montague’s account of the ladies in Turkey, “ where no 
woman, of what rank soever, is permitted to go into the streets with- 
out two murlins, one that covers her face, all but her eyes; and ano- 
ther, that hides the whole dress of her head, and hangs half way 
down her back: their shapes are also wholly concealed by a thing 
called a feugee, which so effectually disguises them, that there is no 
distinguishing the lady from her slave: it is impossible for the most 
jealous husband to know his wife when he meets her; and no man 
dare touch or follow a woman in the street. The great ladies seldom 
let their gallants know who they are, and it is so difficult to find out, 
that they can very seldom guess at her name, whom they have 
corresponded with for half a year together.” 
Nor must we suppose, because neither the Hindoo nor Maho- 
medan women are allowed to eat with the men, either at public 
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