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DEAN MAHOMET.
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which were three others compoſed of finer materials of Various colours, and under the ſmalleſt canopy was a ſilver ſalver filled with clay, to repreſent the remains of theſe faints. The Mahometans, during this ceremony, ceaſe from the purſuits of buſineſs, and ſpend the time in repeating their prayers, ſinging canticles, and othen pious exerciſes, to which they add many exterior marks of devotion, emphatically expreſſed by thwacking the boſom, extending the arms, upturning the eyes, muttering ejaculations, fetching deep ſighs, and emitting hollow groans on a tremendous key. The Gentoos and other diſſenters are excluded from their ſociety, by a railing of bamboes, which in the night time is
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