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lous Town) and yet there were but 7 Kill'd. The Trembling being lo vio-lenc, both Turks and Christians forlook thelr Houses, and betook them«(elves to the Fidds, Vtneyards, and G ardens, where they made their abodefor feveral Days.

Their Punißiments are very Severe ; this being judg’d the most EffectualWay to Prevent all Publick Diforders and Mtstchiests. They use no greatFormality in their Procestes : lf the Critntnal be taken in the Fact, and thefFitntjJes Ready and Present to Attest it, and sometimes if there be but Pro-bable Circumstances, without Füll Conviction, they Condcmn him: andsoon alter Sentence, sometimes in an Hour or Lest, Hurry him away to Exe-cution. For an Ot dinary Crime, Hanging is the Usual Death : but for Rob-bery and Murder, Committed upon the Htgh-Way by such as Rob in Partiesand Alarm whole Provinces, or for Sacrilege, or for any Hainous Crime,against the Government, either Gaunching or Excoriat ion, or Cutting off theLegt and Arms, and lcaving the Trunk of the Body in the High Way, orEmpahng, that is, Thrusting an Iron Stake through the Body cut underthe Neck, or at the Mouth, in which Extreme Tormcnt the MiserableWretch may Live 2 or 3 Days, if the Guts or Heart happen not to beWounded by ehe Pointed Spike in its Pafläge. This Punißment seems tohave been in Use among the Romans ; Seneca 1 s E fistle 14, Cogita hoc loco Car-cerem, & Cruces , & Eculeos, Ö" Uncum, & Addactum per Medium Homi-neirs, qui fer Os emergat,stipitem: and so in his Book De Consolatione adMarciam. Cap, xo.Aln Capite conversos in terram suspendere : alii per Ob-fcoena Stipitem egerunt, Alii Brachia Patibulo explicuerunt. Murder is seldomPardoned, and especially if the Relation; of the Murdered Person DemandJustice.

The Circumcißon, tho’itbea Sacred Rite, is perform’d in their PrivateHouses, and never in the Mofchs.

The Wipmen Colour their Eye-broivs and Lids witb an Ugly Black Powder,I foppose to sct off their Beauty by such a Shadow ; and their Nails with thePowder of Kanna, which gives them a Tincture of FaintRe^like Brick (as theydo the Tails and Hooft of Horstes) which they look upon as a great Ornament.Their great Diverston is Bathing ; sometimes Thrice, if not Four Times aWeek. They do not Permit them to go to Church in time of Prayer, forfear they fhould spoil their Devotion ; the Turks being of soBrutifh aTem-per, that their Lust is Raised upon thesightofa Fair Object. They areCall’d oft enti mes by the Names oiFlowers and Fruits, and sometimes Phan-tastkk Names are given them, soch as Sucar Birpara, or Bit of Sugaj:; DiiFerib, or Ravilher of Hearts; and the like.

Their Skill in Agritulture is very mean. In their Gardens they have sc-veral little Trenches to Convey Water where it may be most Neceffary fortheir Piant s and Flowers. They know little or nothing of Manuring theirGrounds; sometimes they Burn their Fields and Vineyards aster Harvest andVintage, Partly to Destroy the Vermine, and partly to Enrich the Soil. TheyTread out their Corn with Oxen, drawing a square Plank-board, about a Footand a half or two Foot over, Studdedwith Flints; and Winnow it upon theirVol. III. ' “ Q q q Threlhing