SANTA CRUZ TO MOGODOR. 153 the second death has been inflicted, it then becomes the incumbent duty of the next of kin of the deceased to seek his revenge : they call this justifying blood. This horrible custom has the most lamentable influence on the happiness of human life ; for there will sometimes be several individuals seeking the life of one man, till this principle, pervading all the ramifications of relationship and consanguinity, produces family-broils, hostihty, and murder, ad infinitum! ! We stopped at a friend of L'Hage Muhamed, who presented us with honey and butter, thin shavings of the latter being let to fall into a bowl of honey for breakfast. This bowl was served up wdth flat cakes kneaded without leaven, and baked on hot stones ; these are converted from corn into food in less than half aii hour ; they are in shape similar to our crumpets or pancakes. We were pressed by this Shelluh to stay and dine with him, which being agreed to, he sent a shepherd to his flock to kill a fat young kid, which was roasted with a wooden spit, before the vital heat had subsided, which was very tender, and of an exquisite flavour. The bread or cakes above described appear to be similar to what the women kneaded for the guests in the patriarchal ages : indeed, the customs of these people, as well as those of the Arabs, is precisely the same as they were in the patriarchal ages, and which are delineated in the 18th chapter of Genesis, 1st to the 8th verse.

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