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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3860, 13 May 1881, Page 3

Mrs Sunmr, in "Our Holiday in tlie East," lately published, says:—Christianising influences are sorely needed at Cairo, as will be seen from the following account of one of the Mahomedan customs which I Heard of from an eye- witness. The rite described to me-is called "Tizreb." Seven hundred dervishes, drugged with haki entered into a courtyard where the ceremony, was to be enacted, yelling, raving, piercing themselves with needles and pointed instruments, till they bled profusely. They then placed themselves on the ground in order, lying close together, foaming at the moath. A hundred and fifty yards of human beings were thus arranged, so as to make a roadway of bodies, along which a Sheikh mounted on horseback was to ride. He had great difficulty in making the horse tread on this living pavement, and the animal stumbled and plnnged, and tried its utmost to escape, but he was urged on by his rider, and the shouts of the bystanders and the clang of instruments of music drowned the groans of the wretched fanatics. After the ceremony, the poor sufferers were removed by their friends, wailing piteously. Not unfrequently death ensues. The present ILhedire is said to be most anxious to put a stop to this barbarous and disgusting rite. The religious theory of it seems to be that evil spirits are exorcised and sin driven out by the horse's tread.

THAMES HIGH. SCHOOL RESERVE. THE undersigned has been instructed to Sell by Auction, at the Borough Council Chambers, on TUESDAY, June 7th, at 11 o'clock.in the forenoon. ■, ' LEASES of a portion of the Thames High School Seswve in Sections of 25 to 111 acres. Flans and conditions of *ale can be obtained of the undersigned. . W. Cabpbkmb, Auctioneer. Thames, April 7,1881 1982 Tenders

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