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XLI. Of their Honey-pots

XLII. Different Kinds of Delicacies used in the East. 73

XLIII. Potted Flesh made use of by Travellers

in the East....

XLIV. Different Kinds of Game esteemed Deli.

cacies in the East...

XLV. Shoulder of Lamb a Delicacy in the East....

XLVI. Fat Lambs esteemed a Delicacy in the East.

XLVII. How Strangers are entertained in the East.

XLVIII. Roasted and stewed Meat, Delicacies among

XLIX. Of their Pottage in the East..

L. Seldom use Flesh-Meat, but live on Milk, Pulse, &c.

LI. Game sometimes used-Hunting of the Arabs....

LII. Inhabitants of the Villages obliged to sup-

ply their Grandees when on a Journey, with

Provisions.....

LIII. Different Methods of serving up food at Meals. 100

LIV. Manner of eating at Courts....

LV. Provisions sent from the Tables of Eastern

Princes to the Poor, &c..... 、、

LVI. Women and Men do not eat together in the

LVII. The Eastern People begin to eat very early

LVIII. Abstemiousness conducive to Health...... 112

LIX. Mats used in the East instead of Tables.. 114

LX. Various Utensils used by the ancient Jews..... 115

LXI. Womer are still accustomed to draw Water

in the East....

LXII. Water the principal Beverage in the East.. 127

LXIII. Large Supply of Cattle at the Table of Princes. 128

LXIV. Drinking Vessels often made of Gold in the East 135

LXV. Horns used as drinking Vessels in the East... 136

LXVI. Effects of Wine upon some Eastern Devotees. 139

LXVII. Different Kinds of Wines in the East..... 140

LXVIII. Sweet Wines much esteemed in the East. 148

LXIX. The Easterns drink their Wine before Meat. 152

LXX. Libations of Wine still made in the East.......... 153

LXXI. Of their Wine-Presses....

LXXII. The Reason why Wine is often poured from

Vessel to Vessel..........

LXXIII. Snow put into the Wine in Order to cool it. 156

LXXIV. Vinegar and Lemon-Juice used as Drinks

in the East.....

LXXV. Of Lemons, Oranges, and Citron

LXXVI. Superior Excellence of the Pistachio Nuts

LXXVII. Remarks on Ziba's Present to David.... ib.

LXXVIII. Of Music in the Eastern Feasts......... 172

LXXIX. Different Kinds of Musical Instruments ....

used in the East......

LXXX. Of Field and House Music at Aleppo........ 178

CONCERNING THEIR MANNER OF TRAVELLING.

OBS. I. Eastern Travellers carry their Provisions

II. Carry also Skins filled with Water, for their Re-

freshment on their Journeys...

III. Carry also Provender for their Beasts........ 286

IV. Their Manner of making up their Packages.. 191

V. Of their Wells, and the Method of drawing

Water from them.....

VI. How they dispose of their Baggage on Jour-

nies, illustrating Ezek. xii. 3-7.........

VII. They relieve the Tedium of the Way on their

Journeys by Music, Songs, Tales, &c...... 197

VIII. The Manner of Travelling by Camels, Drome-

daries, Boats, &c.....

IX. No Mangers used in the East; Hair-Bags and

Stone-Troughs answering the Purpose..... 205

X. Their Caravans composed of People of differ-

ent Nations....

Rage.

XI. Different Kinds of Vehicles used in the Cara-

vans for Persons of Distinction, the Sick, &c. 208

XII. Method of wearing their Swords in travelling... 211

XIII. Travellers on Horseback attended by Per-

sons on Foot......

XIV. Their Method of travelling on Foot..... 213

XV. Of their Roads, Inclosures, &c....

XVI. Of their Inclosures, Fences, Walls, &c...... 219

XVII. Of their Woods in the Holy-Land..

XVIII. Dangerous Chasms near Aleppo.......

XIX. Hospitality of the Arabs to Travellers, ex-

plaining Luke xiv. 23, &c. and Jerem. xlix. 3.. 226

XX. Provisions used in Journeying, with a curi-

ous Comment on a Petition of the Lord's

XXI. Provisions often extorted from the poor

Inhabitants of the Country, by the Officers of

XXII. The Times of journeying, pitching their

Tents, &c......

XXIII. Time of shutting their Gates in the East 250

XXIV. Civility of the Women to Strangers...... 253

XXV. Of Caravanserais, and Public Inns in the East 254

XXVI. The great Liberality of the Arabs to their

Fellow Travellers ..

XXVII. Curious Criticisms on John iv. 6......

XXVIII. Water carried sometimes in Skins, and

sometimes in Earthen-Jars...

XXIX. On the Supposition that the Israelites march-

ed out of Egypt, in Files of Five in Front 268

XXX. Manner observed by the Eastern Caravans

in their Journeys..

XXXI. Caravans travel chiefly in the Night.. .... 273

XXXII. In journeying, Bells are sometimes ap-

pended both to Horses and Camels......... 275

XXXIII. Of the Lights used for travelling by

XXXIV. The Necessity of Guides in travelling

through the Eastern Deserts...

XXXV. Heaps of Stones placed at certain Dis-

tances, to point out the Way in the Deserts... 290

EASTERN MODES OF HONOURING THE LIVING AND THE

OBS. I. Gifts presented to Inferiors in the East.... 296

II. Particular Kinds of Presents made to Supe-

IV. Presents made at the Circumcision of Children.. 308

V. Presents of Meat and Drink made to their great

VI. Presents often very expensive in the East, not

only those made to Strangers, but to private

VII. Presents often considered as a Tribute........

VIII. Dresses often given to Persons of Distinction.. 316

IX. Flowers and odoriferous Herbs often given as

a token of Friendship...

X. Presents, unless of considerable Value are some-

times rejected....

XI. Horses commonly presented to Grandees....

XII. When an Inferior is visited by a Superior,

the former makes him a Present at his Depar-

XIII. Presents sometimes made to Princes to engage

them to lend their Assistance in Time of War 325

XIV. On the Eastern Method of Salutation..........

XV. Particular Kinds of Salutations....

XVI. Further Considerations on the same Subject... 341

XVII. Salutation both by Attitude and Expression... 343

XVIII. Sometimes the Inferior mentions himself

before the Person he intends to honour...... 344

XIX. Prostrations, and kissing the Feet some-

times practised in the East....

XX. Kissing the Hand and putting it on the Head,

Tokens of Respect...

XXI. Kissing what is presented, a Token of Respect

Head, or Shoulders.....

XXII. Intimate Acquaintances kiss each other's Hands,

XXIII. Kissing the Beard, a Token of Respect. ib.

XXIV. Beards held in high Estimation in the East.. 359

XXV. Kissing the Hand, a Token of Reverence.... 361

XXVI. Dismounting, a Token of Respect...... .. 362

XXVII. Christians in Egypt obliged to alight, when

a Turk passes by.....

XXVIII. Different Postures indicating Respect..... 366

XXIX. Seating a Person on a Cushion, a Token of

XXX. Sitting in the Corner, a Token of Superiority. 368

XXXI. Different Kinds of Perfumes used at the Close

of friendly Visits..

XXXII. The Subject farther illustrated from Dan.

XXXIII. Changing the Dress of a Person, a Token

XXXIV. Presents of Garments often made even to the

XXXV. Party-coloured Garments esteemed a Mark

XXXVI. Eastern Warriors often magnificently clothed 400

XXXVII. Sometimes a Prince gives his own Gar-

ment as a Token of the highest Respect......... 401

XXXVIII. Criminals not permitted to look on the

Person of the King.

XXXIX. Other curious Methods of doing Persons ·

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