J. W. THOMAS.

Dewsbury.

[Footnote 5: So says De Tott; Cantemir says it is _red_. But this

discrepancy in the authorities is easily accounted for, since the

_Sanjak Cherif_ is so sacred that it must be looked upon by none but

the _Muslimans_, the true believers. If seen by the eyes of _giaours_

(unbelievers), it would be profaned. (De Tott, _Memoirs_, p. 3.)]

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