a sect of Mahommmedans not unlike the ancient Stoics. They shun feasts and diversions, and affect an extraordinary gravity; they are continually talking of God, and some of them make a jumble of Christianity and Mahommmedanism. They drink wine, even in the fast of the Ramazan; love and protect the Christians; believe that Mahomet is the Holy Ghost; and practise circumcision, justifying it by the example of Jesus Christ.