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Threshing Floors in the open Air, the Wind blowing away the Chaff.They Fetd their Hor/es with Barley and Chopt Straw ; for I do not remem-ber ever to have feen any Oats among them; and they make but littlcHay.

For Draught of great Weight in their Carts, they make use of Bus-fatis.

Camels will endure Travel 4 Days together without Water, and will EatTops oiThißles,Shrubs,ot any kind ofBoughs. They are very Sure-footedand Kneel when they are a Loading. They Live to a coniiderable >1 um-her of Tears, someeven to do.

The chief Furniture of their Houses, are Carpet s, or Matts, of GrandCair», neatly Wrought with Straw, spread upon the Ground ; they havingno Occafionfor Chain, Couckes , Stools, or Tables, their Postures withinDoors, being different from ours. They have no Hangings , but theirWalls are Whited and set off with Paintitsg , only adorn’d with a kind ofTorcelane ; no Beds clofed with Curtains.

They SWnot with Wax but Ink, at the bottom of the Paper; the Em-peroCs Name being usoally written with Flourifhes and in Perplext Chara-cters: Nor have they any Coats of Arms upon their Seals, there being nosuch thing as Gtntilitj among them.

Someofthem, notwithstanding their Zeal for Mahomet, and the Reli-gion by him establifh’d, retain not only a Favourable and Honourable Opi-nion of our EleJJed Sarv'sour, but even place some kind of Conßdence in theUläge of his Name, or of theWords of the GoffeL, though it may seem tobewholly in the way of Supersticion. Thus in their Anmhts, which theycall Chamaili, being little bitsof Paper of 2 or 3 Fingers breadth, roll’dupin pieces of Silk, containing feveral short Prayer* and Sentences out ofthe Alcoran, with several Circles with other Figures, they usually Insirribethe Holy and Venerable Name of j fE SUS, or the Figure of the Croß, orthe first Words of St. John’s Gofpel, and the likc. They Hang them abouttheir Necks, or place them under their Arm-pits, or in their Boföms neartheir Heart?, (being the fame with what the Greeks call iyKohma.) andespecially when they goto War, as a Prescrvative against the Dangers ofit; andindeed against any Misfortune whatfoever. Some have them Sow’dwithin their Capsand I hedrd osa Turk, that was so Supetstitious herein»that he always pluckt it off, and was Uncover’d when he had occasion tomake Water. Some are such Bigots in their Religion, and so Furious againstChristians , that not only they treät them with all Imaginable Scorn andContempt, but takeit illtobe Saläm’d, or Saluttd by them ; as if it wtrethe Effect of Sawcinefs or Unbecoming Familiarity. Their Malice againstthe Christians makes them Envy the Rieh Furrs they Line their Vests with,and ’tis a trouble to thescHypocritical Zealots, to see the Francs Rideup.on their Fine Arahian Horses.

The Respect which they shew the Alcoran is wonderfull; They dare notopen the Leaves of it with Unwashen Hands, according to the Advice orCbmmand written in Arsbick upon the Cover, Let no ene Tcuch thu Book

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