Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846Richardson, James
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Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846
Richardson, James
Sahara -- Description and travel
[49] Some have endeavoured to distinguish in English the mausoleum
in which a dead saint is laid by the term Mara_bet_, though in
Arabic both the dead and living saint, and the cupola house in
which the dead saint is laid, are all called Mara_bout_. When a
village or town, is built round the mausoleum of a saint, it is
also called after the saint, as in the instance now related.
[50] "We (God) created you, and afterwards formed you (mankind);
and then said unto the angels, _Worship_ Adam; and they worshipped
him, except Eblis (The Devil), who was not one of those who
worshipped. God said unto him, What hindered thee from worshipping
Adam, since I had commanded thee? He answered, I am more excellent
than he: thou hast created me of fire, and has created him of
clay. God said, Get thee down therefore from Paradise; for it is
not fit that thou behave thyself _proudly_ therein: get thee
hence; thou shalt be one of the contemptible."--_Surat_ vii.
_Intitled Al-Araf._
[51] The words in the _Cross_, which Constantine is reported to
have seen in the heavens.
[52] When the milk is fresh it is called by the Arabs حليب, when
sour, لبن.
CHAPTER XI.
CONTINUED RESIDENCE IN GHADAMES.
Gaiety of the Black Dervish.--Walking Dance of the Slaves.--The
Fullans or Fellatahs.--_Shoushoua_, or scarifying the face of
Negroes.--Terms used in connexion with Slaves.--The _Razzia_.--A
Souafee Politician.--Parallel Customs between The East and The
Sahara.--The mercenary Blood-letter.--Indifference to the
sufferings of the Arab Troops.--Colour of the people in
Paradise.--Excellent Government of the Fullanee Nations.--Moors
do not fondle their Children.--Administering Physic to
Camels.--Simplicity of Touarick manners.--Knocked down by a Pinch
of Snuff.--Departure of the Tibboo alone to Ghat.--Blood in White
Sugar, and Anecdote of Colonel Warrington and Yousef Bashaw about
collecting old Bones.--Colonel Warrington compared to the late
Mr. Hay.--Said, a subject of Anti-Slavery discussion.--Specimen
of Desert Arab freedom.
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