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ETHNOGRAPHY.

7

1

will

take

great

care

to

leave

a

wreath

of

hair,

in

order

never

to

be

taken

for

a

"

Tub."

From

afar

you

may

distinguish

with

comparative

surety

the

one

that

does

not

drink

(Sering)

from

the

one

that

drinks

(Tjedo),

respectively,

the

Mohammedan

from

the

heathen

or

Christian.

Both

hate

and

despise

each

other,

and

some

tribes,

as

the

Diobas

and

the

Sarrars,

shoot

every

Mo-

hammedan

at

sight.

On

the

other

side,

ask

a

believer

in

Islamism

what

should

be

done

with

a

drinker,

and

he

will

make

a

significant

motion

with

his

hand

around

the

throat,

and

in

most

cases a

drinker

is

beheaded

on

the

spot.

But

as

the

proverb

says,

"

II

y

a

des

accom-

modements

avec

le

del"

the

teetotalers

help

themselves

by

swallowing

rather

large

quantities

of

cologne-water.