A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

Nation by Torture at X.air wan.

fa is. George Cukzos, M.P., m the "Fo&TMGHTLT REVIEW." come to that which was the main *t of my stay in Kairwan. One of Niar features of the place is the or colleges of religious a*e". which there exist. Of these frater. I *> *l«ch We each a separate dis *e M ritual, and number many J*^ members, with corresponding ■J B. >" all parts of the Mussulman S^-"1 "*famcus those °*the T^'jama, and Aissaouia; and of *™» by far the roost remarkable is J*k This sect of dervishes was 77 ty on 9 Mahomet Ibn Aissa, a SJJf'wwbout of Mequinez, in SaitMu >is disciples, who arc Cfv itT dl the Principal coast fetSi ie 3uinez and Kairwan, and °Pen t0 fchem- If l men b? self-mutilation Jtocg. »JT e of religious ecstasy or ftsace nf !i? *c namber and im- Wn« i ot at Kairwan, I was i'tSfZ 4 m ,witness one of their stirs, ona my own opinion. N4lX ared thafc 1 had Jusfc Hid J^cereinonial, which had 5*4 A k c very evening before I %,friJ!! PPy bought of one of my D • me to rectify this my curiosity. H it**.-«» writer says : £s«L |77 .becanie mctboos or t^Htel 5 r°ke from the rtereo- I>* toS™^ 1 grinning and Si v°? es- These writhing no longe? I 1 *?$ s*^ animals, I iS* «Jr? "^ in the delirium I M(*Mliß rank rose & 1 fcf** 4» W T seream-of a dying 1 »tb?Ll a fiend 1 reverberation of I V*4gf*fi&* inebriation 1 * In- Fr °m the crowd at |^2&.>okep O rt-a, |>t^{oh^risentohi S l^^Hjß^W* figure,

long and livid weal, but no blood spurted from the gash. In the intervals between the strokes he ran swiftly from one side to the other of the open space, taking long stealthy strides line a panther about to spring, and seemingly so powerless over his own movements that he knocked blindly up against those who stood in his way, nearly upsetting them with the violence of the collision. Several long iron spits or pi-ongs were produced and distributed ; these formidable implements were about two and a half feet in length, and sharply pointed, and they terminated at the handle in a circular wooden knob, about the size of a large orange. There was great competi tion for these instruments of torture, which were used as follows : Poising one in the air, an Aissaoui would suddenly

Force the Point Into the Flesh of his own shoulder in front just below the shoulder-blade. Thus transfixed, and hold ing the weapon aloft, he strode swiftly up and down. Suddenly, at a signal, he fell on his knees, still forcing the point into his body, and keeping the wooden head upper most. Then their started up another dis ciple armed with a big wooden mallet, and he, after a few preliminary taps, rising high on tiptoe with uplifted weapon would, with an appalling yell, bring it down with all his fores upon the wooden knob,, driving the point home through the shoulder of his comrade.

Another seized an iron skewer, and plac ing the point withiri his open jaws, forced it steadily through his cheek until it pro truded a couple of inches oh the outside. He barked savagely like a dog, and foamed at the lips. Others, afflicted with exqui site spasms of hunger, knelt down before the chief, wimpering like children for food, arid turning upon him imploring glances from their glazed and bloodshot eyes. His con trol over his following was supreme. Some he gratified, others he forbade. At a touch from him they were silent and re lapsed into qnieseence. One maddened wretch who, fancying himself some wild beast, plunged to and fro, roaring horribly and biting and tearing with his teeth at whomever he met, was advancing, as I thought,.with somewhat menacing purpose in my direction when he was arrested by his superior and sent back cringing and cowed. For those whose ravenous appetites he was content to humour the most singu lar repast was prepared. A plate was brought in covered with Hugo Jagged Pieces of Brofccn Glass, as thick as a shattered soda-water bottle1. With greedy chuckles and gurglings of delight one of the hungry ones dashed at it, crammed a handful into, his moiith, and crunched it up as though it. were some ex quisite dainty, a fellow-disciple calmly stroking the exterior of Ms throat, with in tent, I suppose, to lubricate the descent of the unwonted morsels. A little child held up a snake or sandworm by the tail, placing the head between his teeth, and gulped it gleefully down. Several acolytes came in, can-vino- a big stem of the prickly pear, or fico d'lildia, whose leaves are as thick as a one-inch plank, and are armed with huge protecting thorns. This was ambrosia to the starving saints ; they rushed at it with passionate emulation, tearing at the solid slabs with their teeth, and gnawing and munching the coarse fibres, regardless of the thorns which pierced their tongues and cheeks as they swallowed them down.

The most singular feature of all, and the one that almost defies belief, though it is none the less true, was tins—that in no case did one drop of blood emerge from scar, or gash, or wound. This fact I ob served most carefully, the mokaddem standing at my side, and each patienfc in turn coming to him when his self-imposed torture had been accomplished and the cataleptic frenzy had spent its force. It was the chief who cunningly withdrew the blade from cheek or shoulder or body, rub bing over the spot what appeared to me to be the saliva of his own,mouth ; then he whispered an absolution in the ear of the disciple and kissed him on the forehead, whereupon the patient, but a moment before writhing in maniacal transports, re tired tranquilly and took his seat upon the floor. He seemed none the worse for his recent paroxysm, and the wound was marked only by a livid blotch or a hectic flush. As I witnessed the disgusting spec tacle and listened to the pandemonium of sounds, my head swam, my eyes became dim, my senses reeled, and I believe that in a few moments I must have fainted had T\ot one of my friends touched me on the shoulder, and whispering that the mok addem was desirous that I should leave, escorted ilie hurriedly to the door.

As I walked back to my quarters, and long after through the still night, the beat of the tambours continued, and 1 heard the distant hum of voices, broken at intervals by an isolated and piercing cry. Perhaps yet further and more revolting orgies were celebrated after 1 had left. I had not seen, as other travellers had done, the chewing and swallowing of red-hot cinders, or the harmless handling and walking upon live coals. 1 had been spared that which others have described as the climax of the gluttonous debauch, viz., the introduction or a live sheep, which then and there is savagely torn to pieces and de voured raw by these unnatural banqueters. But I had seen enough, and as I sank to sleep, my agitated fancy pursued a thousand avenues of thought, confounding in one grim medley all the carnivorous horrors of fact and fable and fiction ; and loud above all the din and discord the tale of the false prophets of Carmel, awakened by the train of association, rang in my eyes, and I seemed to heai* intoned with remorseless reiteration the woi-ds, "And they cried alpud and cut themselves after their mariner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them." The facts which 1 have described, the absolute genuineness of which will, I doubt not, be vouched for by others who have had a similar experience to myself, speak for themselves.

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THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1887.

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