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108 until the child is even years old, and carefully initiated in uch principles of their religion as can be well conceived at uch a tender age. For ome time before it, the poorer kind of people ue much œconomy in their manner of living, to enable them to defray the expences of a plendid entertainment, as they are very ambitious of diplaying the greatet elegance and hopitality on uch occaions. When the period of entering on this acred buines is arrived, they dipatch Hajams or Barbers, who from the nature of their occupation are well acquainted with the city, to all the inhabitants of the Mahometan profeion, reiding within the walls of Muxadabad, to whom they preent nutmegs, which imply the