a religious sect of Mahometans in Egypt and Barbary, who pretend to fight with devils, and commonly appear in a fright and covered with wounds and bruises. About the full moon they counterfeit a combat in the presence of all the people, which lasts for two or three hours, and is performed with affagaias or javelins, till they fall down quite spent; in a little time, however, they recover their spirits, get up, and walk away.