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Updated: June 4, 2025
I had not the pleasure of seeing the "holy marks" of the Maraboutess, they being imprinted on an unobserved portion of her body, but I cannot question their existence. How like the feeling and the sentiment! and in this case the very corporal marks of the body! I asked the Maraboutess if she would prefer the use of her limbs to these "holy marks."
The daughter of the Marabout showed no hostility against me as a Christian, although of such pure blood, and in which the antagonism of the eastern to the western spirit is supposed to be stronger. She gave me her blessing, and we parted friends. The only piece of dress of any kind which the Maraboutess wore was a thick, dark, woollen frock, with short sleeves.
The Concubine of His Excellency. Convoy of Provisions for the Troops of Mourzuk. The number of Palms destroyed at Sockna by Abd-El-Geleel. Population of Sockna, and position of the Oasis. Visit to the Sockna Maraboutess. The Lady honoured with "Stigmata," or "Holy Marks." Propriety or impropriety of assuming the Moorish Character and the Mahometan Religion whilst Travelling in Sahara.
They were cheap, from two and a half dollars to three each. Called upon some Sockna ladies, whose acquaintance I made through the nephew of Essnousee. They were his relations, and received us very kindly, en famille. These ladies were occupied with worsted embroidery, at which they earn a few paras. One is a Maraboutah, or Maraboutess.
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