I am pleased to find the same views expressed by Prof. M. Hartmann in Die Welt des Islams, Bd. i., pp.

Like the Islams, they go down on all fours at certain periods, and seem to relish the business, which, after all, must be tiring, remarkably well.

Muhammedanische Studien, Halle, 1889 and following year. Die Religion des Islams (Kult.