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travellers : but we cannot say it is scouted by 
any of them ; for there has not been one who 
did not encourage the Jerusalem manufactories 
by the purchases he made. It offers an easy 
method of obtaining a large quantity of accept- 
able presents, which occupy little space, for the 
inhabitants of Greek and Catholic countries, as 
well as for Turks and Arabs. We provided 
ourselves with a considerable cargo, and found 
them useful in our subsequent journey'. The 
custom of carrying such strings of heads was in 
use long before the Christian aera; and the 
practice of bearing them in the hand prevails, 
among men of rank, all over the East". This 
subject the author has already introduced into 
a former publication^; therefore its further 
(1) So great a quantity is sometimes sent to Spain, Portugal, and 
other countries, that it is sufficient for the entire freight of a vessel. 
(2) The Turks call a string of tiinetif-nine beads, Tespy. This 
number of beads corresponds with their number of the attributes of 
the Deity. Hamid All, a late Vizier, wore one of pearl, valued at 
300Z. sterling. See Dallawm/s Constcentinople,p. 84. Joseph Pitts gives 
the following account of the manner in which the Tespy is used. 
" The Teshih consists of ninety-nine beads, with a partition between 
every thirty-three : these they turn over ; and for every one of the 
first thirty-three they say * Subhan Allah,' i. e. * Admire God.' For 
the second thirty-three, they say, ' Elham do V Allah,' i. e. * Thaiilts 
be to God.' And for the third thirty-three, * Allah waih barikJ " 
Pin's Account of the Mahometans, p. .59. Lo7id. 1738- 
(3) See" Greek Marbles," pp. ^^, 19. (Jamb. I8O9. See also the 
necklace worn by Isis, as engraved in Cuper's Harpoerates, p. 109. 
Utrecht, 1687. 
