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THE TRAVELS OF
provinces. Hither the pious natives flock, to beſtow their charity on theſe holy men, and think it a kind of religious humanity, highly acceptable to their God, to confer their benefactions on his faithful ſervents.
From the prayers of the Faquirs; great bleſſings are expected, and many calamities thought to be averted, as they obtain the reputation of ſainted martyrs, by torturing their Bodies, and ſuffering a variety of puniſhments, by way of penance; during this earthly pilgrimage. Some pierce their fleſh with ſpears, and drive daggers through their hands; others carry on their palms, for a length of time, burning veſſels full
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