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Identifier: gatewaytosaharao00furl (find matches)
Title: The gateway to the Sahara; observations and experiences in Tripoli
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Furlong, Charles Wellington, 1874-
Subjects: Tripoli (Libya) -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ter rope of eachwas tied to the tail of the one ahead, and on thetail of the last camel, as he flipped and flappedit from side to side tinkled a bell. A wily one of the Faithful, not being rich inthis worlds goods, turned covetous eyes on anomadic brother who passed through the townleading a string of six camels. Allah! Allahursel el Allah! Could not the brother spare oneof his jamal? (camels). So, dusting the fliesfrom his eyes and hooding himself with hisbaracan, he stealthily followed. He was awarethat near the New Gate the street narrowed andmade a double turn. No sooner had the driverand head camel rounded the first corner than thewily one seized the bell attached to the hindmostcamel. With a stroke of his knife he severed itfrom the tail of the animal, and keeping ittinkling, quickly fastened it to the tail of thenext, cut loose the last beast, and—Allah wills—made off with his prize. Probably no superstition has a stronger, moreuniversal hold on the Mohammedan than his (18)
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TRIPOLI IN BARBARY belief that one may cast upon him the influenceof the evil eye. Let a stranger, particularlyone not a Moslem, look intently on anythingworn or carried on the person of an Arab, andhe will straightway, to nullify the spell, wet hisfingers and pass them over the object upon whichthe strangers gaze is cast. Inquire after thehealth of his wife, or seek to flatter him, and heraises a protecting hand to his face. Fetishes inthe images of hands are seen among the orna-ments worn about the persons of the women,symbolized in the decorations of utensils, andoccasionally on the exterior of their mosques.Over many an arched portal is the impression ofa black hand print to protect its inmates. Anumber of times a door left accidentally ajar hasbeen slammed to as I passed, on account of theinfluence which my evil eye might have uponthe occupants. Flanking Tripoli on the east is the ancientCastle of the Bashaws. Under its walls andbordering the sea lies the garden of the TurkishArm

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