1 EFFECT OF REUGION ON THE PEOPLE.
2 Then are doubdms mmy odwr aecto ama^ the A^^mms the
3 BMBM cf uliicli have ^teaped my otwcfwrtkii, or are not prwt to
4 vy mcBMiiy ; hat the nation is still exempt from the iaftianeg ci
5 dieir They are all strict Soonnee Mahomedaiw, and at
6 they are occupied about their own &ith and observances, without in*
7 terfering with other people, their religious spirit is far from being un-
8 pleasin*?, even in fo11f>wers of Tslam. From their ronvprsation, one
9 would think the whole }ieo}ile, from the King to the lowest peasant,
10 was alway s occupied in holy reflections: scarce a sentence is utter(*d
11 without MMiie allusion to the Deity, and the slightest ocrurrenre jji u-
12 duces a pious ejaculation. For example, they never ak ot any
13 fiiture event, however certain, without adding " Inshauiia, ' (please
14 God.) They even apply this phnae to past time, and will aoswor
15 A quartkn aboBtdiBbr age, " Flowe God, I'«iftity<4Kre jmn M,^-
16 Mtay people have ahnrfi a fosary hanging raaad their wriiti mad
17 gintoteMtlMirbeada wlwnewiiiBroiiapaiMe in
18 they are suppoaed to npeat tho name of God iriwii erer the^ dnp m
19 kaad» faufe tlief oAen go on wliilo tbiqr Mte Kitaniiiig rttwrtitdy to
20 ahrayt twoazing, and their oatiu iio vttetod wkh aa nnieb aokmnity
21 aa if they were befine the gnnreat tribunal. I swear by God and
22 faj hia pia|ihet** May I go an infidel out of this world, if it ii
23 ^ not true." JMaj ny wife be three tunea divorced, if I He/' One
24 «£ their moat solemn oaths is by the n«me of God (Allah), three
25 times rep^ited in three different forms, « WuUah, Billah, Tillah."
26 It raav be well to mention here a custom they have m common with
27 ail Mussulmans', which they call imposing an oath (" Kusm Daudun").
28 Tliia is a species of at^uiatkin, by which the person to whom the
29 * Mml of tUls acconnt otiSm BowlmMMh nrt b alMlnalsd froas an otesDnt emay
30 of ]>r. L0pdflB'S&idisttdiTalaiiie«ftlie AmtklUwHdi^
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