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to the back and ſides, from which he was taken and mounted on a horde, accompanied by four men, his neareſt relations, each holding a drawn ſword in his hand, who alſo wore a dreſs of ſcarlet muſlin. People of condition, among the Mahometans, contribute largely to the magnificence of this ceremony; and appear on horſeback in the midſt of the gay aſſembly, with their fineſt camels in rich furniture led after them.
But to return --- the child was conducted in this manner to a chapel, at the door of which he alit, aſſiſted by his four relations, who entered with him into the ſacred, building, where he bowed in ado-
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