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DEAN MAHOMET.
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departed ſpirit, and twenty-four hours after the deceaſe of the perſon, on account of the exceſſive heat of the climate, the body is wrapeed up in muſlin, and carried towards the grave, near which it is laid down, before it is interred: all the people who attend the funeral knee in a direct line beſide it, imploring the great Alla to give the ſoul eternal reſt it is then conſigned to the ſilent ſcene of interment, and the relations throw a little clay on it, after which it is covered. The Mulna conſecrates a quantity of thin cakes, which he diſtributes in broken pieces among the people, who ſhare them with each other and join in prayer, while the eldeſt ſon of the deceſed
ſprinkles
