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TRAVELS IN AFRICA.nish admiraIs, but their whole clothin~the most whin'lllicai combinations or contrasts.from. head to foot arraug~dFor instance, on a ru~na greasy nightcap on the head, just .barely showing that it had oncebeen white, surmounted by a great three-cocked hatwitha broad galdlace! i\ny one who has visited these countries .will hardlyreqllire tohe reminded of the beauty of the daughters of Israel. Ovid~s characteristicsare however still tooapplicable. AIl have fine eyes.,~(}sthavefine features: nbr lS beauty so transient.a flm~er with them"or.its1088a cause of such early regret, as insome io~herJewess has that of her period of life,.morepowerful often singly, thancO~U:fltries./.'lZ~~(nlatr(}n:with youtb on itsside. fj'he .widow often shiQes as pre-eminent amongstthem as in' the eyesof our Scandinavian al)cestors of the cold shor~s.ofthe Baltic.U nfortunately, they seem. tohold .no beauty of complexionin estimation, save that which isthe.res·lllt orthe labpur of their. own;hands.. In consequence, the colour~box isa. great·.. deal too llluchre..Cllff,Cd to, and distant effect Imuch more. studiedtha.P-~lo~~f ip.v~!ii~~g~0ti.gn'f~ill .bear out. As to the littlern.~;t1Fagem~l;1tsto gi.verelief.to itheeye~, ih~tisnoway exceptionaple; bllttpe use of whitepaint is delete,..rious in a high degree. As before.observed, n(}twithstandingall this, aJewis.notpermitted to appear without-doors save in black, a colout of evilomen in ~1oorish eyes.Avidîty toobtain, and artto conc~al.money,are the main stimuli of 'action with this people, and the teudency oftheir industry and earliest education.-From amongtlH;:~ll,chi~fiy,theCbristians take their domestic servants ,; because, although not socleanly, they are less s(:rup.ulous about forms than the Moors. As a.community, they are subj.ect to every oppress~on. 80 circumstanced,. itis unnecessary to add that, asindividllals, they must)of coursebe d~ilysubje.ct to every injury.Al\;lllssulman. elüld of eight y:e~l'sof i\ge!~lreadybeg~nsto exert his early-feltpow~r to tyrannize,y ~Qd l\eviles in