ese barbarians, from a distance, seem to have their mouth in
the breast; and might well enough, in ignorant and enthusiastic
travellers, serve to revive the fable of the Acephali, or men
without heads." (See Larcher's Notes on Herodotus's Melpomene,
cap. 191.)--Saint Augustin, whose veracity is scarcely to be
doubted, declared in his thirty-third sermon, intituled _"A ses
Freres dans le Desert"--Avoir vu en Ethiopie des hommes et des
femmes sans tete avec des grands yeux sur le poitrine._]

[Footnote 148: We have heard of a pig-faced lady; if there is
such a person, there might also be a pig-faced gentleman, and
these might generate a pig-faced race; and if a pig-faced race,
why not a dog-faced race?]

[Footnote 149: Seven Cubits make four English yards.]

[Footnote 150: The best description I can give of a _jelabea_
is this: Take a large sack and cut a hole in the bottom, big
enough to admit the head; then cut the two bottom corners off
to admit the arms: this garment will then resemble the
_jelabea_.]

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CAUTIONS
TO BE USED IN TRAVELLING.

_Danger of travelling after Sun-set.--The Emperor holds himself
accountable for Thefts committed on Travellers, whilst travelling
between the rising and the setting Sun.--Emigration of
Arabs.--Patriarchal Style of living among the Arabs; Food,
Clothing, domestic Looms, and Manufactures.--Riches of the Arabs
calculated by the Number of Camels they possess.--Arabian Women are
good Figures, and have personal Beauty; delicate in their Food;
poetical Geniuses; Dancing and Amusements; Musical Instruments;
their Manners are courteous_.

Travellers in West and South Barbary should never be out after
sun-set: it is not safe to travel in many parts of the country
during the night. The emperor holds himself accountable for thefts
committed between the rising and the setting sun; so that, if a
traveller be robbed of property, the value should be ascertained,
and an application being made to the bashaw of the province where
the robbery was committed it will be restored forthwith; but if
there be any demur, an application should be made to the Emperor,
personally, if possible, but if not, b