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hung with glittering branches that illuminate the entire ſcene, while a number of colours are flying from the poles. There are four other colours of a particular kind, trimmed with a beautiful gold fringe, within the ſmall canopy: under this the ſalver is placed, to which the entire Mahometan aſſembly kneel in adoration, whlie bands of muſic ſwell the ſtrain of religious enthuſiaſm.
On the ninth day, they exhibit a kind of edifice made of ſtained paper, which is perhaps one of the moſt curious ſpecimens of filligrane work ever attempted by human ingenuity. It conſiſts of many ſpires, railing above each other, and gradually diminiſhing towards the top;
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