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ſome prayers in the alcoran, ſprinkles the child conſecrated water, and anoints the navel and ears withn kind of oil extracted from muſtard ſeed which concludes the ceremony. The Prieſt then quits the womens' apartment, and joins the men in another room. When he has withdrawn, the Hajams' wives enter the chamber, and attend the mother of the child with every apparatus neceſſary in her ſituation: one aſſits to pare her nails, and ſupplies her with a baſon of wazter to waſh her hands in; and others are employed in dreſſing her in a becoming manner. Several Ladies of diſtinction come to viſt her, preſenting, her their congratulatory compliments on her
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