. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . excite themselves,and, swinging backward and forward in circles, repeatall the names of God, accompanied with the awful cryof La-il-la-il! Hoo-yaJi-Hoii ! Beads of perspirationform on the face, which is distorted as if by mentalanguish. Foaming at the mouth like madmen, theyproceed, with the fearful energy of deep fervor andrapture, to cut themselves with knives, swallow swordsand fire, pierce their ears, burn their bodies, until, allthe physical powers overcome, they swoon and fallbleeding to t
. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . excite themselves,and, swinging backward and forward in circles, repeatall the names of God, accompanied with the awful cryof La-il-la-il! Hoo-yaJi-Hoii ! Beads of perspirationform on the face, which is distorted as if by mentalanguish. Foaming at the mouth like madmen, theyproceed, with the fearful energy of deep fervor andrapture, to cut themselves with knives, swallow swordsand fire, pierce their ears, burn their bodies, until, allthe physical powers overcome, they swoon and fallbleeding to the floor. Two elder devotees will calmlyapproach the skeik, vvitli whisperings of sacred words,and have a skewer thrust through the cheek. Youmay examine and see that there is no legerdemain. Islam is not lacking in sects. Indeed, they are in-numerable, with infinite shades between them. Butthere are two great divisions, known in the Moslemworld as Sunnites and Shiites. Siinnites, by far thegreater in numbers, follow the first three Caliphs afterMohammed; while the Shiites, chiefly confined to. A DERVISH BEGGAR.
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