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paniculars deferve funher natice. One is the celt:brated forefdid quick p:"ice they are n'l( obliged to ufe every time
blodjlc11(, whic:h is (et in filvcr, and fi xcd in lhe fouth- they perform lhis piece at devation, bUl only al (c,me
e¡¡tl corner of lhe C.aba, & that which looks toward particl..lar times. So OfltA as Ihey pars by lht black
Barra, about t\\'a cu!.>its and une third , or, which is lhe Hone, they ci:her kifs it, or louch it Wlth thtir hand,
(.une thing, fc \'c:n (pans fronl lhe gTound. T his llone is acd kifs lhitC
excecdingly refpetted by lh.: :Mohammedans, and is ki(fed The running between Sara t\nd Merwa is alfo pcrform–
by lhe pilgrims with great d~\ odoo, being called by ftlme ed (even times. partly with a flow p~ce. and parCly run.
lhe right htmd ifGod 011 ~"rlh. They fable, that it Ís ning: for Ihcy walk gravely tiJl lhey come 10 a plact: be.
one of ,he prccious nones of paradife, and fell down to t\l.'ecn two pill ars ; and lhere lhey lun, and aflf'rwards
the:: earth with Adam, Olnd, lJeing takcn up agaio, or o· walk again ; · forntlimes lookiog back, and {oOlelimes
therwire prerervcd al the.dduJe, . lhe angel Gabriel a(ter- fiopping, like one who has Ion fOlllclhing, to reprerc:m
w:uds brought it back te Abraham, when he was build· J-hgar Lccking water for her fon j fur lhe ceremony i~
i ng the Caaba. lt was al firn u'hiter than milk, but {"id te be as aneient as her time.
grel,V blad:. long fince by the touch of a meoílruous woman, On lhe nÍmh of Dhu'lhajja, a(ter mo'rning prayer,
Dr. as others tell us, uy lhe fins of mankind, or r3ther the pilgrims le ve the valJey of Mioil. . whith( r they come
by (he touches and kifTcs of fo many people; the fu· the day before, and proceed in 3 tUmllltuous and rofhmg
pedicics ooly being black, aed the ielide Uill remainiog maoner 10 mount /\rafat, where they HAy to perrorm
white. their devotioos till fun·fet : tben they go to lVlozdahfa,
T o this tem?le every Mohamm~an, wh~ has health an oralory b('(\veen Ararat ao:J M ina ; and tbere fpl!nd
and meaos fufficient, ought once, at lean,!n his life tO the night in prayer, and reading the Koran The next
go on pilgrimage; nor ~re \\'omen exc\lfcd from the per· m Ol ning by day-break (hey vifit al MolOler al haram. or
formance of thi, duty. The pilgrims meet at different the 1(J~ed 1JI~nullunl J and, depurtiog thence before {un·
places near rvlecc3; according to lhe different parts from rife,. ",lle by Bato l'vIohalrel to the Ivalley of Mina,
whence tbey come, during the months of Shawal ;1O~ where they thl·ow {even flones a l three marks or pdlars,
Dhu'lkaa¿a; being obligeJ to be there by lhe beginnÍng io imÍtation of Abraham', who, meeting the c.ievil in that
of D hu'lhajja; which mooth, as its name impons, is place, and being by him difiulbed in his devotioos, or
peculiarl y ret apart for the celebration of this foJemnity,. tempted tOdifobedience. when he was goiog to facrifice
Al the place abo\'e-mcntioned the pilgrims properly his Ion, (v..s commanded by Cod to drive him away by
commence foch; wheo the men put on the Ihram or fa· throwing {lones at him ; though othelS pre.tend this rile
.cred habit, which confias only of two \Voollen wrappers, to be as old as Adam, who alfo pUl rhe d('vil 10 ftight
one wrapped about their middJe to cover their privities, in lhe fame place and by the fame means_
and the other thrown ovcr their fhoulders, having their This ceremony beiDg over, on the rame day, the tenth
heads bare, aod a kind of llippers which covel nelther the of Dhu'lhajja, the pilgrims {lay lheir'viétims in the faid
heel nor the inflep, and fo enter the facred territory io valley of Mina; of which they and their friends eal part,
their way tO ~1ecca. 'Vhile they have this habit on, and the re{l ís giveo to the poor. T~efe ",iétims muíl be
they mu{l neither hunt DOr fow1, (though they are al· either Iheep, goa15, kine, or camels; majes, ir of either
·Iowed tO filh;) which precept is fo punétu'LlIy ohferved, oC the two former kinds; Olnd females, if of either of
that they wiIJ DOI kili even a 10ure or a Aea, if they find lhe Jauer; and of a 6t ~ge. Thc facri6ces being over,
them on their bodies: there are fome noxious animals, they fh ave their heads and cut their nails, burying them
however, which they have permiffion lO kili during the io the fame place; after which the pilgrimage is looked
pilgrimage, as kites, ravens, fcorpions, mice, and dogs on as completed ; though ihey agaín \'ifit lhe Caaba. to
giveo to bite. Duriog the pilgrimage, it bc:hoves aman take theír ¡eave of that facred building.
to have a conrlant guard over his words and ¡¡(lions and
tO avoid.11 quarreJling or .lIlanguage. and al1 converfe
Wilh wCJmen a!'ld obfct:ne difcourfe, and to apply his
whole ¡menlion tO lhe good v,oork he is engaged in .
The pNgrims, being arived al M ecca, immediately
"'Pifie the temple, and lheo eOler on the performance of
1he prt-fcribed ceremonies. which confin chiefly io going
in proceffion round the C¿aba, in runoing bet ween lhe
'TTlounts Safa and Merwa, in making the n,llion on mount
Arafat, and Oaying the viéti.«S, aod fhaving their heads
iD the va!ley of M ina.
In compafting the Caaba, whir:h they do feven times,
beginning al the corner whcre lhe bl:.ck (tone is fi xt:d,
.hey ufe a iliort quick pa~e the three firn times the~ go
round it. ítOd a grave ordlnary pAce lhe four Ja{l ; whlch,
it is r.lid, was ordered by Mohammed, that his followers
might fuc'.\' thcmfelves Hrong and aélive, to cut off rhe
hopes of Ihe infidels, who gave OUt , th;(l lhe Ímmodcrate
Jlea" of M ediDa had reodcred them wcak. But lbe a-
M Al DEN. an inarument ured iD Scotland for beheading
criminals.
This is a broad piece of iron, aboue a foot fquare,
vcry 0131 p on the lower pan, and loaded above with a
very heavy weight of lead. At lhe time of execution
it is pulled up tO the top of a narrow wooden frame,
about ten feet high, and as broad as the engine, witf\
mouldings on eaeh fide for the maiden to f1ide iD. A
convenience is mOlde :about four '-eet from the ground,
for the prironer to )¡ty his neck; and there Ís a kind of
bar fo fafleoed as 'o keep him (rom fli, ringo The pri–
roner being thos fecurcd, and the fign given, the: m.uden
is let loo[e, which in a moment {eparates his head frolD
his body.
1I1.~ IDSTONE. ,he coun'y·town of K,n,. fituated on
lhe Mcdway rwenty-two miles wen of Cantt lbury:
E. long 37', N, Jat, 51 ° :0'. lt fends two mt'mbers
to parliament.
IIIAjESTY.