the nature of dogs ; for when there is one dog pursued b j another, and a shouting made after him, all the other dogs fall on him. As my subject requires it, I shall say something concerning these Bedouins, and what sort of people they be. The Bedouins reside in deserts and mountains, and have no great faith in Mahomet, like the Turks, but believe in the religion of Aly,* who, they say, was uncle to Mahomet They are persuaded that when any one of them dies for the service of his lord, or when attempting any good design, his soul enters a superior body, and is much more comfortable than it was before ; this makes them ready to die at the command of their superiors or elders. These Bedouins do not reside in town or city, but always lie in the fields and deserted places, where, whenever the weather is bad, they, their wives and children, make themselves an habitation, by sticking into the ground poles connected by hoops, like to what women use in drying their washed clothes ; and over these hoops they throw skins of their large sheep, which they call skins of Somas, tanned with alum. The Bedouins have large pelisses of coarse hair, which cover their whole bodies, and when evening comes, or when it is cold or wet, they wrap themselves up in them, and retire to rest Those who follow war have their horses feeding near them during the night, and have only to take off their bridles, and let them eat. In the morning they spread their pelisses to the sun, and, when dry, rub them, so that they do not appear as if they had been wetted. They never are armed for combat, for they say, and believe, that no one can die but at his appointed hour : they have likewise a mode of cursing, alluding to their faith, when they swear at their children, saying, "B e thou accursed, like him who arms himself for fear of death." In battle they use only a sword, made after the Turkish manner, and are clothed in linen robes like to surplices. They are an ugly race, and hideous to look * Aly was not uncle to Mahomet! but his cousin, and son-in-Uw, having; married his daughter Fatima. The writers of the Mahometan histories relate at length the difference o£ the religion established bj Mahomet, and that introduced by Aly, the latter of which was embraced by the caliphs of Egypt, who for that reason are called Fatimi/e» in the Eastern Chronicle, from the name of Fatima, wife of Aly.—See Ockley'e History of the Saracens.