[Footnote *: Such  is  Mahometanism  beyond the precincts of
          the  Holy  City.   But   Mahomet  retained,  and  the  Koran
          sanctions, (Sale's Koran,  c. 5, in inlt. c. 22, vol. ii. p.
          171, 172,) the  sacrifice  of  sheep  and  camels  (probably
          according to the  old  Arabian  rites)  at  Mecca;  and  the
          pilgrims   complete  their   ceremonial   with   sacrifices,
          sometimes as numerous  and  costly as those of King Solomon.
          Compare note, vol.  iv.  c.  xxiii.  p.  96,  and  Forster's
          Mahometanism Unveiled, vol.  i.  p. 420.  This author quotes
          the questionable authority  of  Benjamin  of Tudela, for the
          sacrifice of a  camel  by the caliph at Bosra; but sacrifice
          undoubtedly forms no  part of the ordinary Mahometan ritual;
          nor  will  the  sanctity  of  the  caliph,  as  the  earthly
          representative of the prophet, bear any close analogy to the
          priesthood of the Mosaic or Gentila religions. - M.]
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