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112, upon his accutomed chair. The muic that played before him, uddenly ceaed, when the Mulna appeared in his acredotal robes, holding a ilver baon of conecrated water, with which he prinkled him; while the Hajam lowly advancing in order to circuihcie him, intantly performed the operation. In this critical moment, every individual in the numerous crowd, tood on one foot, and joined his father and mother in heartfelt petitions to Heaven for his afety. The Muic again truck up, and played ome cheerful airs: after which, the child was taken home by his parents and put to bed. The company being erved with water and napkins by the Hajams, wahed their hands and