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Rh ilence; and the Priet opens the alcoran, which is held according to cutom by four perons, one at each corner, and reads, in grave accents, the ceremony. The bride and bridegroom interchange rings, which they put on their fingers; and one of the bridesmaids, uppoed to be her relation, comics behind both, who are veiled, and ties, in a cloe knot, the ends of their hawls together, to ignify their firm union. The Mulna, finally, conecrates a glas of water and ugar, which he preents to them: they alternately tate it, but the man gives it round to a few elect friends of the company, who, in turn, put it to their lips, wihing happines to the married couple. They