The Burton Holmes lectures; . riiPfLAR wnn Tin sua will pierce the veil of night. Permit them once more toset up their instruments, and they will cause the brightness ofthe orb of day to flash for a brief instant even here betweenthe four walls, beneath thy roof. Allured by the promise of this miracle, the Kaid con-sents. The cameras are placed. The flash-powder is with impressive gestures I invoke the god of day, andHaj ignites the fuse. x\ great light fills the chamber, clouds form and roll outinto the night, the sons of Hasan gasp and murmur prayers. 270 THE MOORISH EMPIRE.

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