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136 hung with glittering branches that illuminate the entire cene, while a number of colours are flying from the poles. There are four other colours of a particular kind, trimmed with a beautiful gold fringe, within the mall canopy: under this the alver is placed, to which the entire Mahometan aembly kneel in adoration, whlie bands of muic well the train of religious enthuiam.

On the ninth day, they exhibit a kind of edifice made of tained paper, which is perhaps one of the mot curious pecimens of filligrane work ever attempted by human ingenuity. It conits of many pires, railing above each other, and gradually diminihing towards the top; the