58 CONSTANTINOPLE. 
CHAP, an iron skewer he held in his right, and left 
'■ i.,y...i.' him standing exposed to view in that situation, 
caUing loudly upon Mohammed. 
By this time, some of the others, apparently 
exhausted, aiFected to be seized in the same 
way, and they were turned round as their 
comrade had been before. The person who 
turned them supported them afterwards in his 
arms, while they reclined their faces upon his 
right shoulder, and evidently were occupied in 
rinsing their mouths with something concealed 
beneath his garments. The same process took 
place respecting their hands, which were 
secretly fortified in a similar way, by some 
substance used to prevent the effect of fire 
upon the skin\ 
We now observed the attendants busied, on 
our right hand, below the gallery, heating irons 
in the brasiers used for boiling the coffee. As 
soon as the irons were made red hot, they 
were taken in a glowing state among the 
Dervishes, who, seizing them with violence. 
(l) It is the same used by conjurers in Eiiglaiid, who pretend to be 
fiie-eaters. In the selections which have appeared from the Gentle- 
man's Magazine, this nostrum is made pubhc. It is prepared from 
sulphur. 
