146 FUNERAL FLOWERS. 
And Diodorus tells how she goes (( croivned 
hy the women of her house,” meaning, no 
doubt, crowned with flowers.. 
When a woman in Tripoli dies, a large bou¬ 
quet of fresh flowers, if they can be procured, 
if not, of artificial, is fastened at the head of her 
coffin. Upon the death of a Moorish lady of 
quality, every place is filled with fresh flowers 
and burning perfumes: at the head of the corpse 
is placed a large bouquet, partly artificial, and 
partly natural, and richly ornamented with silver. 
Tully, who describes these customs, mentions 
a lady of high rank, who regularly visited the 
tomb of her daughter, who had been three 
years dead ; she always kept it in repair, and 
with the exception of the great mosque, it was 
one of the grandest buildings in Tripoli. From 
the lime of the young lady’s death, the tomb 
had always been supplied with the most expen¬ 
sive flowers, placed in beautiful vases; and, in 
addition to these,, a great quantity of fresh 
Arabian jessamine blossorgs, threaded on thin 
slips of the palm leaf, were hung in festoons 
and tassels about this revered sepulchre. The 
